"You hired me to act the part of your wife, and that's what I'm doing-acting." She said in a whisper 

The oath I muttered was succinct and ungentlemanly. Lowering my head, I crushed my mouth with hers, my mood suddenly savage.

I plundered, needing to prove something.

Passion rose in me, a sleeping giant suddenly awakened. I would have denied my need for her with my dying breath, but I could no longer lie to Myself. I wanted to take her, here and now.

I told myself if I had her just once, then I 

would be free of her. I told myself she was no different

than a dozen other women I'd known.

Then Amber sighed my name, and I told myself I was a damned liar.

Gasping for control, I pulled away from her. "Tell me again," I  growled, "that you're acting." ******************

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