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for now. His wife’s infidelity and subsequent death had left him with a raw, festering wound that had yet to heal, leaving him with no desire to seek anything more. Even though his love for Nicole had died long before her death, the sight of her broken body on the ragged rocks haunted him. No matter how much he had hated her at the end, she didn’t deserve to die like that.
    But there it was again as Sophie entered at his bidding. That unfamiliar kick to the gut when he looked into blue eyes that were as haunted as his memories and a lush mouth that would look and feel fucking awesome wrapped around his cock.
    “Right on time. Have a seat, Ms. Turner.” For the life of him he couldn’t figure out why his reaction to her was so strong. At barely five five, she was average height, with a nice, but nothing spectacular figure topped with a face that would pass as cute, but not beautiful. Now that her hair was dry, it curled around her shoulders in thick waves, the color reminding him of caramel candy, the brown streaked with gold making it possibly her most attractive feature. But the memory of how her face looked when she had walked in on the threesome earlier, how her eyes had widened with interest and arousal, how she had stayed rooted in the doorway instead of running back out the door in mortification, had his cock hardening, pushing against his slacks for release and satisfaction.
    “Please, call me Sophie,” Sophie replied as she slipped into the stiff backed chair facing his wide, mahogany desk. An hour had done nothing to lesson his appeal or thaw the coldness in his eyes as he looked at her. “I want to apologize again for being late and for interrupting…”
    “No one cares about you catching them having sex, Sophie, so don’t worry about it. However, if you ever decide to join in with a scene, make sure it’s on your own time. Now, I’m sure you’ve noticed how large my home is which is why I employ a full time housekeeper. You will be my first live-in employee as I’ve seemed to have gone through all the available ones in this area. As you’ve learned already, they left because they didn’t like the activities they stumbled upon. I’m assuming that won’t be a problem for you?” he asked coolly wanting to get everything out in the open now that the ice had been broken.
    “No, no that won’t bother me, especially since I won’t be taken by surprise the next time. Since I don’t plan on joining them, I’ll try to stay out of their way.” It hadn’t occurred to her that what she had witnessed was a regular activity around here or that the option to participate was going to be made until he mentioned it, but when he did, she was surprised to picture herself with him instead of Adam or James, a thought that left her uneasy and embarrassed even though he couldn’t know what she was thinking.
    Adrian wondered if she knew how much her face gave her away. Her pink cheeks indicated embarrassment, but the way her eyes shifted away from him as her tongue darted out and moistened suddenly dry lips was a very telling gesture, one his cock loved but his mind shoved aside.
    Dropping the subject for now, he proceeded to tell her about the mansion, what he liked done and how he wanted it done. He gave her a charge card to use for household expenses and groceries after assuring her neither he nor his cousins expected anything fancy for dinner, simple meals would suffice.
    “That’s good because my cooking experience was limited to helping the Tremaines cook. I picked up enough to put together casseroles and a few other meals. Will there just be the three of you?”
    “Make enough to feed at least six, that way if James or one of the girls is here there will be enough. If we’re all here, we’ll fend for ourselves after finishing whatever you’ve made. Come on,” he said as he rose from behind the desk. “I’ll give you a quick tour and you can spend the rest of the evening getting settled.”
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