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for a large L.A. firm.
    â€œI thought I would surprise you.” Julia sat up with a seductive grin on her face. “Just because we’re getting married doesn’t mean the excitement has to go.”
    Carter joined her on the bed. Julia was a very attractive woman, and although her exterior was generally cold and aloof, she could be very experimental sexually. She was more needy than Carter would prefer, but her background made her a good match in so many ways.
    â€œLast night,” Julia said as she scooted over to him, helping him with his jacket, “I wanted to make love, but I fell asleep before you came to bed. You spend too much time in that office down the hall.”
    â€œTrust me,” Carter said, “if you had come into that office last night with this on, I would have stopped working.”
    He took hold of her and suddenly pulled her to him. He brought his mouth down to hers and kissed her firmly. Her lips were soft, and as she moved her body against his, he could feel his body begin to heat up. He wanted her.
    As Carter lay her back on the bed, he could feel her unbuttoning his shirt. His mouth went to her neck, and as he positioned himself on top of her, he reached down to unzip his pants.
    â€œI love you,” Julia whispered as her hands slid his shirt off his shoulders and down his arm. “I love you, Carter.”
    As her hands gripped his bare arms, Carter returned to her lips and reached his hand down between her legs. He rubbed the soft, hairless skin around her center and kissed her deeper, doing everything he could to not think of anyone but her.
    â€œI love you,” she repeated into his ear before bringing her soft lips against his again.
    Carter was trying to unzip his pants with his free hand when he felt Julia pull away. When he looked up at her, he could see the look of hurt on her face. He hadn’t any idea what had happened, but was sure it was his fault.
    â€œWhat?” he asked.
    â€œHow many times do I have to tell you I love you before you say it back?” Julia scooted away from him, looking ready to cry.
    â€œThis again?” Carter felt his growing arousal skid to a halt as the familiar complaint lowered his temperature by a hundred degrees. “It’s not something I—”
    â€œYou’re going to say it isn’t something you like to say, but the truth is,” Julia said, “it isn’t something you like to feel.”
    â€œJulia, you know how much I care about you.” Carter sat back on the bed, not as bothered by the pain in her eyes as he knew he should be. “We’re getting married for Pete’s sake.”
    Carter wanted to love Julia, but he didn’t. When they’d met, Carter was in a bad place. Avery had made it clear she was going to stay with Anthony, and he was trying to forget her by sleeping with any woman he met. As always, there were more volunteers than he could ever want. Julia was different from the other women in the sense that her background didn’t make her a prospect for a one-night stand. Her family, rich doctors from Dallas, were not at the level of the Chases in terms of power and influence, but they were their sort of equivalent in the Southwest.
    His father had warned Carter not to toy with a Hall, but as Carter decided that getting Avery back was his priority, Julia soon became very useful. He had devised that the best way to get back into Avery’s heart was to get her to let her guard down about his intentions. Pretending to care about Julia was part of that.
    Julia was not a stupid woman. She knew that Carter didn’t love her, but she wanted to be a Chase, and the opportunities that could open for her through Carter were more than enough to overcome the inconvenience of the affair he and Avery began last year. Carter had ended it with Julia once he thought that he and Avery were going to be together again, but then Anthony’s accident changed