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expect me to know you’d show up here tonight. I said I was sorry about that.” He waved toward the hallway and the bedroom. When she glanced out the window dismissively, he added, “Right—I forgot. You’re good at ignoring my apologies. You’re an expert at the business of ignoring me in general.”
    Heat flooded her cheeks. She opened her mouth to bring him to task for changing the subject but he interrupted her before a word left her tongue.
    â€œI own this penthouse, too. Have you forgotten that?”
    â€œNo, I haven’t
forgotten
. Fine. If you’re staying, I’ll be the one to go. I’ll stay with my mother.” Her eyes widened when he just shook his head slowly, his expression implacable.
    â€œI’m sorry,” he said. “But until I can get some more information about what happened with the fire . . . until I know for sure nobody set it with the intent of harming you, you’re staying here. And so am I, Genny.”
    Her muscles felt as if they’d snap like rubber bands stretched too tight when he said her name again. He was the only person who called her Genny. The only one who
could
and make it sound so natural . . . like her true name. Once Max had tried to call her Genny. It had sounded forced and foolish on his tongue. She hadn’t said anything, but Max had never done it again.
    Max had encouraged her and Sean to spend time together. Her husband had confessed to her once that he felt a little guilty about the fact that he had so few interests in common with her, given their twenty-four-year age difference. Max had never shown an ounce of jealousy over the fact that Sean and she shared a love for taking in a Cubs game on hot summer afternoons or biking for miles along the lakefront. Sean had even taught her how to shoot at the Sauren Solutions in-house firing range.
    It’d all been innocent . . . on the surface anyway.
    Until that New Year’s Eve three years ago, when Max had suggested the three of them indulge in a night of pleasure.
    Until five nights later, when Sean had murdered him.
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Beth Kery lives in Chicago where she juggles the demands of her career, her love of the city and the arts, and a busy family life. Her writing today reflects her passion for all of the above. She is the
New York Times
and
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bestselling author of
Because You Are Mine
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When I’m With You
    PART I: WHEN WE TOUCH
    PART II: WHEN YOU DEFY ME
    PART III: WHEN YOU TEASE ME
    PART IV: WHEN I’M BAD
    Because You Are Mine
    PART I: BECAUSE YOU TEMPT ME
    PART II: BECAUSE I COULD NOT RESIST
    PART III: BECAUSE YOU HAUNT ME
    PART IV: BECAUSE YOU MUST LEARN
    PART V: BECAUSE I SAID SO
    PART VI: BECAUSE YOU TORMENT ME
    PART VII: BECAUSE I NEED TO
    PART VIII: BECAUSE I AM YOURS
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    WICKED BURN
    DARING TIME
    Berkley Heat titles by Beth Kery
    SWEET RESTRAINT
    PARADISE RULES
    RELEASE
    EXPLOSIVE
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