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verve called to him on the most primitive of levels and his body demanded to bury itself deep inside her passionate fire.
    No other woman had ever made him feel the way she did. When he was inside Lauren, he felt the heavens move. He felt the true power of Zeus, and she was the only woman who could take him to that level.
    Oh yes, he still wanted her.
    Weakness or not, he would have her again.
    After all, on Friday she would become his wife and he would not go through the rest of his life celibate. Seven and a half months had been enough.
    But lust and physical attraction for her would be all he would ever allow. Unlike before, when he’d foolishly thought he’d been falling in love with her and had dreamed of marrying her and making her his wife.
    Those five days after her return had been heaven—he’d had her back in his arms after a three-month absence that had been nothing short of hell. But his joy had been smashed, for she’d betrayed him, just as his cousin Theo had always predicted she would. Theo had warned Alex that Lauren didn’t understand Greek men. He’d told Alex not to trust Lauren, and that she would cheat. Alex just hadn’t thought it would be with his brother.
    The phone rang and Alex picked it up, and the caller announced that dinner was on its way. As Alex returned the handset to the cradle, the fax machine in the study began to whir. He went over and removed the single sheet. Anger punched him as he read the contents. Would the family business never cease being endless crisis after crisis?
    Ever since his father entered into a nursing home, all Alex had done was put out fire after fire. Just how many problems would he have to resolve? It was beyond the point of ridiculousness. His dinner and trying to breach the gap with Lauren would have to wait.
    Long strides carried him to Lauren’s bedroom. He knocked. “Lauren.”
    “Yes?” She opened the door, and for a moment Alex wondered if she’d been crying. Were those telltale puffy traces of tears around her eyes? For what seemed the hundredth time since he’d traveled to Mexico , he asked, “Are you okay?”
    She gave him the same words she always did. “I’m fine.”
    “Good.” Alex didn’t believe her, and he made a mental promise to dig deeper into Lauren’s secrets when he returned. For now, time was unfortunately of the essence. Pappas Foods had gone public a year ago, and someone was buying up the stock in what appeared to be the start of a hostile takeover.
    “Dinner is on its way, but I need to go to the office. It’s an emergency.”
    “Of course it is,” Lauren said. He searched her face for sarcasm, but only pure tiredness remained. Whereas she’d once worn her emotions on her sleeve, this new Lauren was often difficult to read.
    But he had to try. Despite all their tumultuous history, they had a long future ahead of them. They had to find some mutual understanding, if only for the baby’s sake. “I’d like to talk to you later if you’re still up.”
    “I’m going to bed early.”
    He felt as awkward as a teenager on his first date. The doorbell sounded. Finding common ground would have to wait. “That’ll be dinner. I’ll see you tomorrow. How about we go to an early dinner after the marriage application? I’ll have Clarice make reservations. The car will be here at three.”
    “Fine.” Lauren followed Alex out into the living area. She watched him tip the waiter and then both men left at the same time.
    Lauren lifted the metal lids of the various dishes. Alex had ordered chicken piccata, steak Diane, an appetizer of crab cakes and shrimp cocktail. He’d even ordered a two slices of cheesecake. Everything looked delicious but as a morbid thought consumed her, suddenly she wasn’t hungry.
    Did Alex have a mistress? Theo had once insinuated as much, that Greek men had Greek wives. Greeks marry Greeks, Theo had said. Of course, he’d continued, they can have mistresses and most men do. Theo had then