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The hotel hallway was dim. Nyx looked down at her cheap, dusty gown and sniffed the headache–inducing perfume, wanting to crawl into a hole. If she could, she really should’ve found a crack to slip into.

The guy shouting her name was her agent, tearing through the place looking for her, even roping in some waitstaff to help. He’d find her soon. If he caught her, she’d be gift–wrapped and sent to some big shot’s bed tonight.

A deal between a pimp and a tycoon–she was a nobody starlet and had no say.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Williams, I’ll find her! She can’t get far. Yes, yes, she’s a bit wild, but she’s gorgeous, clean–a blank slate. You said it yourself–taming a wild horse is the fun part!” said the agent.

Her agent was on the phone, groveling to someone higher up, laughing like a suck–up.

The footsteps got closer. Nyx’s heart pounded like a drum. She tried to stand and run farther, but her body wouldn’t move. She slumped on the floor, cursing the soap–opera plot in her head..

That damn agent had drugged her too. Her emotions spiked, and a weird heat surged through her. Her face flushed, her mind dulled, and she couldn’t fight it. A big shadow loomed over her.

Like a startled bird, she shrank back, her messy hair swinging aside, revealing a stunning, delicate face. Their eyes met, and both froze.

“Little mermaid.” Nyx’s brain was mush. Staring up at that familiar face, she forgot where she was, blurting out a nickname she used to tease her male privately.

He didn’t catch that her mumble, but

talked to him that rudely, he was dead sure he wouldn’t have let it slide, guy or girl. But staring at this cute face in front of him, he couldn’t muster up even a speck

to keep it together and look calm and collected, all concerned–like. “You feeling okay?

grabbed his knees, pulling herself up. But she clearly

Seafarion reached out on

But the guy underneath her acted like

close. He’d never been this close to a

fast. She reeked of overpowering perfume, but somehow, he picked up a faint sweet scent underneath it all.

ended up peeling off his suit jacket, draping it over her, and hitting the elevator

one suite–Seafarion’s private spot. The trip back to his room had never

endless.

wouldn’t quit. He kept telling himself over and over not

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find her a safe place to rest, then get a doctor to check her out. Once she woke up, if she needed help, he could hook her up

landed on his Adam’s apple–then it was game over, no control left. Nyx

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set the stage this far, not going with the flow and having a little fun with her mermaid would’ve been a

wheelchair with nowhere to run. His eyes got all

him push back hard, dodging her gaze, squirming like crazy to avoid crossing that line. Too bad Nyx had the “not sober” excuse to lean on–she had plenty of strength and tricks up her sleeve.

day. Thick curtains blocked out almost all the sunlight,

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