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.Kallie s heart started to pump overtime in herchest and she wiped her hands on her skirt.Pasting on her mostprofessional smile, she walked to the curb, but it was just Trisha.Ofcourse, the group of onlookers went wild, and the flashbulbs when off allaround, but she d met the super model before, and Trisha evenremembered her name.Kallie escorted her to the waiting stylist, made sureshe had green tea, then rushed back outside.Four more models showed up, and Kallie hustled them inside, andthen, it happened.He arrived.One of the two male models, there to showoff the fashion line geared toward men, he stepped out of his limo wearingdark jeans, a Marcella Girardi T-shirt and scuffed sneakers.Her heartjumped, leapt, skipped as he turned her way and smiled.Oh, God! Thatsmile.That face.That hair.She couldn t take it.She was going to expire,right here, and that would be okay because Dax had smiled at her as if shewas a real person or something. You must be Kallie, he said.His voice.It was just as she d imagined.Husky, low, perfect.Shemanaged a nod. Nice to meet you.I m Dax. He held out his hand.She panicked.Sweaty palms.Ugh.But she couldn t wipe again.Not while he stoodthere.So she just swallowed hard and stuck it out there.His grip was gentle, but not wussy.He hesitated for just a few seconds.She knew because she counted every heartbeat.Then he let her go, at leasther hand.Not her gaze.That, he held, and she was lost.Lost. Where to? he asked. What? I don t.Oh.Um, this way. She spun around, almost losingher footing, but she didn t fall, thank goodness, and she somehow walkedhim past all the photographers and gawkers until he was inside the hotel.Vaughn, the lucky man, was going to be Dax s personal stylist for theevent.There were going to be lots of photographers and TV cameras.Buthe didn t seem to mind.He just sat down in the stylist chair, grinned and51Exception to the Rules Stephanie Morrissaid,  Do with me what you will.Kallie watched as Vaughn put a big cape over his body then ran hisfingers through his hair.That was it.All Kallie could stand.If she watched for another second,she would die from the sheer grandeur of it all.She tore her gaze from the mirror, then from the back of his head.Sheforced herself to take a step, then another until she was around the corner.She slumped against the wall, desperate to get her breathing under control.She still had a lot of work to do.But for the moment, while she recovered,she could think about the way he d smiled.She exhaled softly.It was going to be a bizarre and wondrous week.52Exception to the Rules Stephanie MorrisChapter SixBas looked at himself in the mirror, and straightened his tie.He likethe Versace tux and thought it worth the extravagant priced he paid.Thetailoring was so well done he felt completely at ease and ready for thenight ahead.He expected to find Gaea waiting for him in the living room, but thebedroom door was still closed.She d arrived back at the room a little overan hour ago, given him a brief report on her day, including Arnold sinsistence that Bas wasn t really her boyfriend, and then she d closedherself in to get ready for the opening party.Bas started at the door for several moments, aware of the urge to walkin on her, to watch her as she dressed.In his mind s eye, he d imaginedher sorting out her things, preparing herself layer by layer.Dressed innothing more than a long silk robe, she d passed by on her way to hershower.When she reappeared, her hair was fixed in a sensual yet classyup-do and her makeup made her brown eyes seem even more inviting andher full lips moist and ripe as freshly picked fruit.She d disappeared again, leaving him to get dressed, and he d takenhis time.They were to be at the party a full hour before the first guestsshould arrive so that Gaea could take care of any last minute details.Kalliehad called once, and Gaea had taken it in the bedroom.Other than thatinterruption, he d been left to his own thoughts, which had gone in onevery narrow direction.Last night, after Gaea had gone to bed, hadn t been a restful one.Thequestion he d asked her had tormented him, giving the green light toimage after image of him tying her to his large four-poster bed.In somescenarios, she wore a bustier complete with garter and dark hose, and ashe d tied silk scarves to her delicate wrists, he studied her stilettos.A braand panties, black lace or white.Sometimes she was naked, but in most,53Exception to the Rules Stephanie Morrisshe wore something.Still another version had her in business garb, a slimskirt he d raised to the juncture of her thighs, the better to spread her legs.Her demure jacket unbuttoned and open, revealing a thick teddy thatcouldn t hide the hard buds of her nipples.In each of his mental movies, she d begun with a little hesitation butno fear.As the scene progressed, he d toyed with her, teased her into awrithing frenzy of lust and desire.In the end, he imagined her cries ofrelease.The only way he could get himself to sleep was to vow, quitesincerely, that before he d said goodbye to Gaea, after this charade hadended, he would have her in his bed.And he would let loose the sensualwoman he saw just beneath her cool façade.Morning had come too quickly, and with it, her departure.After she dleft, he d gone over his notes.The questions he d written just the daybefore no longer felt probing enough.He was after something fugaciousand he wasn t certain what path to take.The frustration had grown until he d had to escape the suite.He dgone to the hotel gym and worked himself to the brink of exhaustion onthe treadmill and then on free weights.He followed his regular routine,except at his home, his run was on the Breckinridge Trail, and when he didhis weights, he didn t do as many reps.Hs muscles still ached, butpleasantly.Back at the room, he showered, dressed, and discovered Gaea hadreturned to the suite.She had been in the bedroom for over an hour now,but she would have to come out soon if they were going to be on time.Gaea struck him as someone who would be horrified at tardiness [ Pobierz caÅ‚ość w formacie PDF ]