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once more, tearing it apart. “Twice he
caught a photographer scaling the wall. They even managed to drop a robotic
camera over the fence.” She could just imagine a host of security guards
chasing after the small mechanical menace. Her new system should have stopped
anything from crossing her property.
    A barrier of hedges and tall trees hid the
mansion from seeking eyes, but not from those individuals intent on taking to
the sky. She cast her gaze upward. Fortunately, no invasion had approached from
above tonight. In the past, a silencer copter and a miniature duplicate of a
plane had silently snuck up on her and she hadn’t discovered its presence until
it hovered right above her.
    Would they ever leave her alone? Gia sighed
again, already knowing the answer. Invasion of privacy was with the price of
fame.
    “Are you happy with your life?” Marc asked.
    “Happy?” She pulled her hand out from
beneath his, suddenly feeling self-conscious. Did she even remember how it felt
to be happy since she left Oregon? “At first, yes. Everything was new and
exciting. I hate to sound superficial, but it was nice being the center of
attention.” Yet lately she wanted something more out of life. Peace and quiet
and a family topped the list. “I guess I expected to have my cake and eat it
too. Attention when I wanted it. Privacy when I didn’t.” She shrugged
nonchalantly. “The money’s good.”
    But for how long?
    She had instructed her accountant to invest
a majority of her funds, most of it through the family bank, so even after her
looks and body failed her, she would be financially stable. Still, money wasn’t
all there was in life. If her previous relationships were a picture of what was
in store for her, the house, white picket fence, husband and a handful of
children was out of her reach. A celebrity’s life wasn’t cut out for such
fairytales. Something she hadn’t paid attention to when she’d charged headfirst
into this career.
    “What do you want out of life?”
    “Want?” She stared down at the mess she’d
made of her dessert and set the fork down on the table. What she really wanted
this minute was to stop talking about this depressing subject. Looking up, she
came eye to eye with Marc and her body heated. She licked her lips, remembering
the taste of him on her tongue. Reality seemed not to exist when she was with
him. “I want to know what a M.A.C. can teach me that I don’t already know.”
    A slow, sexy smile curved his mouth.
    God. She loved that dimple.
    Pushing to his feet, he moved around the
table and took her hand. His lips were warm against her knuckles as he looked
down at her beneath heavy eyelids. “You’re not too tired?”
    Exhausted was more like it, but she
replied, “No.” Fatigue wasn’t relevant. After today’s events she wouldn’t be
able to sleep anyway. Marc might as well wear her body out so that when sleep
came maybe her mind would be too debilitated to dream. “What do you have in
mind?”
    His lips found their way to hers. Soft and
inviting. As he moved them, featherlight over hers, he said, “Making all your
fantasies come true. So what are they?”
    Just the idea warmed her body and made her
nipples pucker with anticipation. “My fantasies?” No one had ever asked her
that question. Not that she’d dare speak her darkest dreams aloud.
    He nipped at her bottom lip and her stomach
fluttered softly. “What do you dream about?” His tongue laved the sting, making
the ripples in her belly tighten. “Tell me what heats your body, makes you wet
with just a thought.”

Chapter Five
     
    Gia’s pulse jumped. Heat rushed up her
neck, spreading across her face like a brushfire. In her last movie, the world
of bondage and domination had been introduced to her up close. It had been
pretend and no sex had been involved, but it had still aroused her to be tied
up with the thought of being helpless and at the mercy of another.
    She swallowed nervously.
    Even the thought