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“Let’s keep it that way. That’s my wife you are talking about.”
“Is that the absolute truth?”
“Why would I lie to you?”
“I don’t know. You are a model and a very hot one at that. I was reading this magazine where you were featured on the cover and you had your shirt open. I thought the photo was airbrushed, but damn!” She trailed a hand down his chest and sent heat to the core of him. “It was all you.”
“And based on that, you think I sleep with every available woman who comes in my direct path?” He captured her hand again to stop her from straying.
“Something like that.”
“I will have you know that I am very selective and have not been in a relationship in months.”
“Why is that?” She threw her foot over his thigh, loving the feel of his crisp blonde hair on his powerful legs.
“I hate bed hopping.”
The papers make you out to be a slut. They refer to you as a playboy, but the appropriate term is slut.”
“I used to be," he admitted.
“And now?”
“When I turned twenty-five, I decided that it was not something I wanted to continue doing.” He linked his fingers with hers. “There was an incident in Maui, we were doing a commercial, I believe it was for Romano’s or another brand, I am not exactly sure—"he gave a one-shoulder shrug.
“There was a crush, an after party, and a girl, one of the groupies called rape.
She pointed to one of the other male models and it so happened that I decided that I was going to sleep before I hit the hotel where the party was being held. The day had been very hectic, the photo shoots had to be done several times and it was so damn hot that we were practically boiling.”
“You arrived during the excitement.”
He nodded. “Turned out the girl just wanted to get her name in the papers.”
“So, she was never raped.”
He shook his head. “But the damage was done. There was quite a stink and his reputation turned to hell. The brand dropped him during the investigation and even after his name was cleared, it was never the same for him again.”
She gave him a steady look. “And based on that, you decided that whoring was not the way to go.”
He gave her a mildly irritated look. “I was never a whore.”
“That was your wake-up call.”
“Yes.”
“When was your last relationship?”
“More than six months ago.”
She gave him an incredulous look. “I don’t believe you.”
“Calling me a liar?”
“Jaylen, it’s not possible for a man who looks like you—"Her eyes swept over his beautiful face. “With your kind of sex drive to be without a woman for more than six months.”
“I could say the same about you," he pointed out.
“I am serious.”