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then down through the sparse sprinkling of black chest hairs to his
flat stomach.
    He groaned when she reached her target, taking him
into her mouth. Tasting him, rolling him around her tongue. Within moments his
groans had intensified, and before long he was shuddering. Finally, his entire
body convulsed as raw energy flowed out of him.
    Abbey joined him, lying beside him on the bed. Mission
accomplished. Well and truly accomplished.
    Damien wrapped his arms around her and stifled a yawn
as he settled against her breasts, kissing a nipple absently. She curled into
his body, enjoying the heat of him and the sound of his steadily beating heart.
She didn't want to move, not yet. This felt good. Too good.
    First she'd have a rest on the large bed, then she'd
go find Lucy, see if she got some good shots.
    And she'd try her hardest to forget about Damien Vane
and this night of steamy sex with a complete stranger.

 
    CHAPTER 2
    Nick Delaware rolled onto the other side of the bed. Empty.
    His eyes flew open. Definitely empty. He thought about
calling out — maybe she was in the bathroom — but he
didn't want to appear desperate. He wasn't desperate. He just liked to know
what was going on at all times. And right now, he didn't have a clue.
    He got up, opened the bathroom door and peered in. Empty.
Same with the lounge and the kitchenette. The woman had definitely left.
    Nick sighed and ran a hand through his hair. Who the
hell was she? More importantly, what was she? The masseur giving
freebies courtesy of the hotel was almost certainly a line. But why lie?
    And why was she so eager to sleep with him?
    Eager she definitely was. No preliminaries, no small
talk, nothing. She'd easily slipped into having sex with him as if she expected
it to happen. Wanted it to happen. It didn't add up. In his experience,
women didn't have sex with strange men within moments of meeting them.
    But he hadn't exactly refused her offer either. In
fact, he hadn't even put up a fight, or even asked any questions. Now that was
stupid. Since when did Nick Delaware jump into something he wasn't absolutely
certain about? He always made sure he knew exactly what was going on at all
times, in all the deals he made.
    Except he'd never been confronted with this sort of
woman before. And certainly not in this type of situation.
    Whatever that situation was. All he knew was that he'd
just had great oral sex with a woman he didn't know . But why?
    The only reason he could come up with was one he
didn't like. She'd expected to have sex with him, she didn't bother with
preliminaries, she didn't want to get to know him first — she just
dove right in, so to speak. Which meant she could only be one thing.
    A hooker.
    Nick shook his head, angry at himself for succumbing
to that sort of woman. And so easily.
    But she'd been good. Damn good. What man could resist
in the face of that body, those intense blue eyes, mischievous mouth... He
hadn't stood a chance against the—
    Wait. He frowned. He hadn't paid her.
    He strode to the small table beside the bed and opened
the top drawer. His leather wallet was exactly where he'd left it and still
contained the same amount of money. Even his credit cards were still there.
    So she wasn't a thief. But why had she — Abbey — left
without being paid?
    It didn't make sense. In fact, none of this made
sense, including his own behavior. He was not the sort of man who had sex with
strange women. Especially ones he had to pay.
    Not that she'd taken any money.
    Why hadn't she? Maybe she was prepaid. Perhaps someone
had sent her to him and already given her money in advance.
    But who? He didn't know anyone in Melbourne and none
of his Sydney friends would get a kick out of that kind of joke.
    None of them would dare.
    Nick drew in a deep breath and lay on the bed again. He
could still smell her on the sheets. The sweet, floral scent of expensive
perfume and woman. All woman, as he recalled. Damn, she'd felt good. Soft,
succulent, sexy.