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Andrea trembled with every step she took into the room, not only because Astrid said she was going to take a bath with him, but because of Amber's reaction. He had never been a man who had many women, he had never been a man who liked to play with many women, he was not Fernando, he was a committed man, but, he had not chosen all that either. He let go of Astrid's grip.

"I'll go down to my office Astrid, you go take a bath," he said, letting go of the girl's grip.

He didn't know how to handle the situation, at another time he would have wanted to sleep with Astrid, she was always a good lover, she was always a seductive woman, but now, his mind and heart, as well as his body, belonged to the girl he had left with her eyes full of water in the playroom.

"So long without seeing me, and don't you want to sleep with me, Andrea?" Astrid asked, pursing her lips visibly, annoyed.

"It's not that, just let me take it all in," he replied with a frown.

Astrid clenched her fists as she watched hi