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                  I eat in complete silence with only a single light on. When I am finished I rinse my plate and gl ass but leave them in the sink when I find that the dishwasher is full of clean dishes. Stomach full I sleepily make my way back up to my room. But the hall is dim and I am unsure which of the two rooms in this wing belongs to me .
                  I open the first door I come to and instantly know that I have chosen wrong. Standing by the bed is the most incredible looking man I have ever seen in my entire life. He is so well sculpted that the gods must have created him themselves. E ven in the dim light of the bed side lamp I can see that he is hard and tanned and…WOW!
                  Standing at well over six feet tall with wide shoulders that look as hard as stone, my heart begins to pound just looking at him. There is a light dusting of dark hair across his chest, but that does not disguise his thick pectorals. His abs are well defined and as my gaze travels lower, over his towel covered waist I find, for the first time in my life, that I want to know what is underneath.
                  Having been busy drying his hair with a second towel he finally realizes that I am standing in the doorway. Hard, green eyes glare at me for a moment before a sardonic brow lifts and one side of his sexy as sin mouth raises in a half smile . “Lost?”
                  The deep timber of his voice makes my skin prickle with goose bumps. I bite my lip, not sure if I can find my voice just then, so I shrug. He lets the towel in his hands drop to the carpet as he takes his time crossing his room toward me. “Kari is it?” My nipples harden as he drags out my name, it sound s so delicate and sensual coming from his lips.
                  Mutely I nod, still not trusting my voice.
                  “You really are quite beautiful, I’ll give you that.” He stops less than a foot in front of me. “But I think it is time you went back to bed.”
                  I swallow hard, trying to get my wayward body back under some semblance of control. “Keith?”
                  He inclines his dark head. “At your service, little one. But not tonight. Go back to bed, Kari.”
                  I sigh. “I guess I had better.” I mutter. “Goodnight.”
                  Again with the sardonic brow. “Goodnight, Kari.” And I couldn’t help the shiver that runs down my spine as he caresses my name.
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                  I am having breakfast out on the veranda overlooking the pool and the lake in the distance the next morning. Charles has already gone to work, but I have spent a few minutes teasing him and made him laugh before he had to leave. I am still grinning several minutes later as I spread strawberry jam all over my croissant and take a large bite.
                  “Yuck!” Mindy makes a disgusted face as she watches me gobble up my pastry. “Why must you inhale your food, Kari?”
                  “I’m hungry, Mother.” I reach for my coffee and sip it as I bask in the morning heat and the dazzling view before me.
                  We sit in silence for a long while. Mindy is busy going over her social datebook and I am simply enjoying my surroundings when a dark shadow interrupts my sun. I frown up at the man standing over me and can’t help but blush as a vision of him in only a wet towel the night before flashes across my mind.
                  Once more I am treated to that sardonic raised brow and I cannot help but find it sexy. “Good morning, Kari.” He murmurs as he takes the seat beside of me and reaches for the coffee.
                  “Just who I wanted to see!” Mindy exclaims as she puts away her things. “I take it since you haven’t already left for the office that you are not