"I need to study." You study too much," he laughed. "Why the hell are you always studying?" Duh, college, remember?" I said over the top of my book."S...e, that's why I bailed on college," she said. I had never heard her voice, but it was as beautiful as the rest of her. I looked up instantly."It's all of the studying," she said. "It just bored me to tears." I just sat there listening to her."So you accidentally tripped over a chair, huh?" she asked. "Obviously you're better at studying than. We had to completely trust each other first!" So how long have you been 'holding back'?" Oh, ages! And I promise you, Jo: it wasn't some evil plan from the beginning to lure you into my bed ... if I didn't think it was the right thing to do, we would still be just friends!"The rest of the day was as 'normal' as it usually was: Jo went on the computer, or she continued to work her way through John's extensive library; while he sat at his desk working on his latest project. In the evening they. All that happened was that your taxes went back to the Imperial norm,” I replied, leaving her looking aghast.“Liar!”“Why would I lie?” I asked. “Now, please wait outside.”Vrion ushered the woman, still verbally protesting, out of the room and set up the privacy screen for me. I then did my bit ... so to speak and watched the monitors as the woman’s and the child’s vitals returned to normal.“Done,” I stated when we left the room.“The child will recover?” the Healer asked.“And the woman too,”. ."At that, he gave her a look full of sexual promise, using his looks as just another weapon in his arsenal. He was used to getting what he wanted and right now he wanted her with a passion that burned his blood and blotted out everything including the job he was here to do.He finished his champagne and then hers, placing them on the side table and then reached for her hand. "What do you have to lose?" Except a couple million in emeralds and diamonds.What do you have to lose? His voice, his.