Cassie let Brian gather her and her belongings up and took them to his suite. She felt a bit awkward about him turning down her advances (who says no to s*x?) but appreciated him for it. She’d noticed his steel-hard erection and knew it hadn’t been easy for him to say no and it was just another way he showed her how different he was from his step-brother. She felt like such a fool in regard to Nathan. Why hadn’t she seen this before? He told her he loved her, but he didn’t treat her like he loved her. Had she really been so blind? She’d vowed she would never become one of those women who lost brain cells whenever a hot guy was near, but that’s exactly what she’d done whenever Nathan had crooked his finger. Cassie had thought that the arrangement she had with Nathan was proof that she had

