<b>Chapter </b><b>10 </b>


    <b>ir’s </b>stood in <b>front </b>of the bathroom mirror watching Roman shave. She knew by that afternoon he would have a noticeable 3 o’clock shadow she had loved the feel of his stubbled chin as he had kissed her breasts. Her breasts bore a delicate trace of a faint beard burn. Surprisingly, it didn’t cause her any pain. When she first noticed the marks on her body, a wave of pleasurable memories rushed through her, causing her cheeks to blush. Even now, furat fooded her body.


    As if sensing her over heated state, Roman looked at her in the mirror. Pulling the razor away from his face. “Are you ok?”


    “Huh… Yeah.” Looking away. “I was thinking, I need to head home to collect my things.” She gave augh and pointed to his bathrobe she was currently wearing. “Unless, of course, you don’t mind meing to the office in your robe.”


    Roman turned towards her and rested his hip on the vanity. Watching her for a moment before saying. “Are we talking no underwear?<i>” </i>


    And with that onement went the heat levels in her body again. “Roman, I’m serious. I’m not wearing yesterday’s clothes.”


    “I’m serious about the no underwear.” Roman’s voice was filled with a heat she now recognized. Roman turned back to the mirror and started shaving again. “But you are not going to the apartment alone.”


    “Roman, you can’te with me. You have a 9am meeting this morning with the marketing team.”


    “Fuck, I had forgotten about that.” Roman picked up a towel and wiped off the left over shaving cream from his face. Picking up his phone from the vanity, Roman turned back to face her. He looked at his phone long enough to find the contact he was looking for before making the call and lifting the phone to his ear. With his free hand, Roman picked up a piece of her hair, rubbing it through his fingers.


    “Who are you calling?” ir asked.


    Roman didn’t get a chance to answer before she could hear someone answer the call saying hello.


    “Peters, I need you to apany ir back to her ce and stay with her while she packs up her things,” Roman said into the mobile.


    ir couldn’t hear clearly the reply from Peters. But her face showed shock <b>at </b>Roman’s answer. “Take her things to my estate. Then bring her back to the office after.”


    ir opened her mouth to object to his high handiness. But the asshole put a finger over her lips. “That’s fine. We are at the apartment. See you in twenty minutes.” By then, ir had ced her hands on her hips and was ring at him.


    Roman ended the call, before caging her in between him and the vanity. He ced a hand on the countertop on each side of her. ir gasped as she lifted her hands to his chest. She wasn’t sure if she had nned to push him away, but the second her hands touched his hot skin of his bare chest. Pushing him away was thest thing she wanted to do. “Roman…” The intense look in his gray eyes stopped her words.


    “You were saying…” Roman said, stepping closer so his body was flush to her. The only thing separating their naked bodies was his white towel wrapped around his hips and her borrowed robe. They were both very naked underneath.


    “I… I can’t stay with you.” ir said. Not sure why he had even suggested it? So much had happened in thest fifteen hours. She wasn’t even sure what to expect next. But moving in with him would be a mistake. What if others at the office found out?


    “Why not?” Roman asked, as if he wasn’t sure why she was arguing.


    “It wouldn’t be right, Roman” ir licked her lips and watched as his hot gaze followed the movement. “I don’t want anyone at the office finding out…I don’t want to be another notch on your bedpost.”


    “Trust me, baby. That’s thest thing you are.” Roman leaned down, taking her earlobe into his mouth and sucking.


    “What about ire<b>?</b><b>” </b>If she hadn’t thought the rtionship with his piece of fluff was over, she wouldn’t have slept with him, no matter what.


    Roman pulled back to look at her face, lifting an eyebrow at her. “What, you didn’t read your crystal ball?”


    <b>“</b><b>How </b><b>did</b>… <b>She </b><b>rang </b><b>you</b><b>. </b>ir <b>flushed </b>that he <b>had </b>found out what <b>she </b>had said to ire. Granted, she had been half <b>tanked</b>.


    <b>Roman </b>shook <b>his </b>head before exining. “I went to see her, she told me.”


    ire felt a little sick, thinking she was no better than Laura sleeping with another woman’s man. Even worse, she felt unclean. Had he <b>gone </b><b>from </b>ire s <b>bed </b>to her?


    “Hey, I went to end it. I had been nning to for weeks. I just haven’t had the time.” Roman said.


    Bfaire couldn’t believe the relief she experienced. “Oh, thank god. I… after she rang. I thought she was history, but this morning with a clear <b>head</b><b>, </b><b>I</b>…


    Roman put his arms around her waist, pulling her close. His gray eyes darkening. “But you should have trusted me. When have I ever slept with <b>two </b>women at the same time?”


    ir looked up into his face. He was right. She had worked for him for two full years and not once had he ever been with two women at the <b>same </b>time. “I’m sorry, I should have known.”


    “Where had you nned on staying because you can’t go back to your ce?” Roman said, changing the subject, which she was d.


    “With my sisters at Sutton and Keira’s ce.” ir told him, but she knew it wasn’t a long–term solution because of Sutton’s pregnancy.


    “ir, you told me they lived in a two–bedroom apartment with a tiny study.” Lifting his hand, he pushed her hair out of her face. “Until you sort something out,e and stay at my estate. No one at the office needs to find out.”


    “I’m sure you don’t want a staff member living with you, even for a short time.” ir didn’t know what to say. Roman<b>, </b>wanting her at his ce, was confusing.


    “Do you remember your signed statement, ir? You are mine to fuck anyway I choose.”


    “That wasst night.” ir felt her body heat increase as she remembered how he had taken her not justst night, but into the morning as well.


    “Was it? Did you state the timeframe in the document?” Roman asked. Clearly satisfied with the knowledge that she hadn’t.


    Roman had never had any of his women live with him before, other than his wife. Not like she thought she was seriously more than a short–term thing. Well, that put her in the same category as all his other women.


    Did she really care? She was experiencing something with Roman she had never known had existed. Why shouldn’t she enjoy it as long as itsted? Providing she didn’t let her heart get involved. “Ok, I’ll move in<b>. </b>For/now. But the minute either of us wants to call it quits, I’ll move out.”


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