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His smile faded as he murmured, My father died eight months ago. I take it you have met
him?"
Her voice was low as she spoke. I'm so sorry. I had no idea. No, I never really met him. I
just saw him once from a distance. She shoved her hands into the back pockets of her baggy
Levi's and bit her lower lip. Her unselfconscious movement stretched the thin T-shirt tightly
across her delightful breasts, and she seemed not to notice how it was affecting him. Seemed not
to notice the amazing erection he was trying to conceal.
Tonio inhaled and swallowed. She wore nothing beneath that T-shirt. And she didn't need
anything beneath it.
He calmed the sudden shot of lust that ran from his cock to his brain and managed to
speak in an almost normal tome. So, now do you think you can tell me why you are moving?
After all, I need to know if there is a problem with the way my building is managed. He gently
slipped his hand under her elbow and led her to the sofa where he moved a box of books,
gesturing for her to sit. It took more strength than he cared to admit to touch her so platonically
at that moment. She obeyed, her eyes looking oddly gray when he could have sworn they were
green. He wondered how they could change color that way.
She chewed the corner of her lower lip. I don't want to sound like I'm looking for
charity, but I was out of work for the past seven months, and I used my savings up paying rent
until a couple of months back, and now I have a job, and Mrs. Allen told me I can't stay because
the owners, I mean, you wanted to raise the rent again, and she said you wouldn't wait another
couple of months for me to catch up the arrears."
She was out of breath when she finished, and she glanced up into his face to see his
reaction. He couldn't keep his eyes from moving slowly over her, assessing her. She swallowed
hard and folded her arms self-consciously over her chest. She cleared her throat.
"Anyway, I have to move as soon as the apartment is rented. Her eyes flared in
resentment. It really isn't worth another $200.00 a month, but I'd be willing to pay it if you
would just let me stay until I got caught up. Her words were desperate as she chewed her lower
lip.
"Your rent has gone up how much since you first moved in? Tonio frowned. He had to
get information, and he had to keep his thoughts in line. It was not easy, with her squeezing those
mouth-watering breasts tight together and nearly presenting them to him on the platter of her
crossed forearms.
"It was $550.00 when I moved in five years ago. It went up to $690.00 three years back,
and then to $880.00 and last January it went up to $1050.00. When I move out it'll go up to
$1,250.00. She saw his eyes flicker slightly, and swallowed. I mean, don't get me wrong. It used
to be a really nice place, but since you hired Mrs. Allen, nothing has been done to keep it up. It's
not her fault, really, she just does what she has to. She waited nervously as he seemed to be
considering her statement. But his eyes were glued rather disconcertingly to her chest.
"How many apartments in this building? he asked softly, fighting the urge to reach out to
see if those deliciously erect nipples felt as tight and sweet as they appeared as they jutted
impudently out of the disreputable T-shirt, teasing him unmercifully.
"Sixty. Six on each floor she whispered. She shifted as if aware of his thoughts, her arms
tightening over her chest. That only served to lift her nipples higher. He fought to drag his eyes
back to her face.
He lifted his brows. A great deal of work for one woman to keep up, I should say. I will
have a word with Mrs. Allen later. The air between them practically sizzled with something hot
and undeniably intense. He sank casually into one of her armchairs and gazed at her. And then he
dropped the bomb she had been dreading or possibly, anticipating.
"However, I have a proposition which may be the answer to a large problem for both of
us, if you will just take a moment to hear me out. How about it?"
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