As soon as I saw the place, I started to relax. It is nothing close to the place Steffan brought me to - it has a real atmosphere, soft music, dim lights; a good first-date spot. A few couples are sitting around me right now, leaning in close, voices low, as though they are speaking to each other and each other alone...And then, I lift my head, and I see him. My breath catches in my throat. He is even more gorgeous than his pictures made him out to be. And I know, in this instant, that I am not going to be able to resist doing whatever this man asks me to.I rise to my feet to greet him, and Paulo leans down to plant a kiss on my cheek. He is a few inches taller than me, smells of expensive aftershave, and his face is smattered with distinguished-looking designer stubble. He takes a seat, his eyes lingering on me."You are more beautiful than I thought you would be," he says, and I feel my cheeks heat with both embarrassment at the underhanded compliment and also pleasure that he fin
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