stature. She was five nine and slight, with intense, dark eyes,
but the look she gave Robert made him wither in the chair
across from her.
“No,” he breathed. “No.”
How cute. He knows.
Claire’s whole world was reduced to her rapid heartbeat, to
one breath after another. Her heart thundered so loudly she
could hear it in her ears. This was her moment. The moment
she’d been waiting for and building to for over a decade.
“I like to make deals,” Claire said, her voice smooth as
liquid honey. She took her time pinning Robert with her gaze.
She took in every bit of him, from his wrinkled slacks to his
messy suit jacket. She wanted to make him feel stripped naked
and vulnerable under her gaze. “I want Haley. Oh, not in the
way you think I want her. Everyone knows she’s a lesbian, but
that’s not why I’m interested in her. I’m not a predator. I
would never hurt her or toy with her, and it’s far from my
plans to ruin her. With you as her father, I’m sure she’s already
well on her way.”
Robert’s upper lip turned up in a snarl. He looked less like a
sophisticated man and more like a junkyard dog. The hurt that
flashed in his eyes when Claire talked about his daughter gave
her an immense sense of satisfaction, but only because it was
Robert. She only felt such extremes for the people she had
scores to settle with. Emotions in general were messy and a
waste of time, but the ones she felt now were absolutely
perfect.
“Why…?” Robert struggled, panting for breath. “Why do
you want her, then?”
It was really so cute that he thought she wanted to seduce