Ecstasy Wears Emeralds (40 page)

Authors: Renee Bernard

BOOK: Ecstasy Wears Emeralds

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“I am not for sale, Mr. Hastings,” she whispered.

“I'm not offering to purchase you, Miss Beckett. I would simply pay for the right to look at you, for as long as I wishâfor the sole purpose of capturing your likeness.

And there it was.

The right to look at you, for as long as I wish.

“I'm not taking off my . . .” She swallowed hard, unsure of how a person delicately addressed the subject of nudity with such a man. “I won't pose without . . .”

“I'll not ask you to remove a thing against your will.” His brown eyes blazed hotter than the embers of a fire. “And if that was your last objection, I take it that your answer isâ”

“Yes.”

God help me. Yes.