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teacher this lovely, he would have studied much harder, just to impress her. “What"s stopping you?” he asked.
    Electra smiled broadly. “A stupid, irritating, overbearing jerk who wants to rule my life and make me absolutely miserable,” she said then bit her tongue, wishing those bitter words hadn"t been uttered. An explanation would reveal too much and this man was probably only after one thing, the same exact thing she was after, she thought. A night of passion. She suspected that making love with this man would be spectacular but she couldn"t diminish the potential by being silly and childish, she reminded herself.
    “Since you don"t have a husband or a boyfriend, that comment can only be directed towardyour father,” he assumed.
    Electra didn"t contradict him and ignored the pain that slanted through her heart at the mention of her father. After more than twelve years, she still missed him terribly. It was just another point against the obnoxious king who had ruined her life.
    “What do you do?” she asked. “Maybe I should get into that business.” “Why would you want to get into my profession?” he asked, sidestepping the question out of habit.That didn"t stop his surprise that she didn"t recognize him though. It further intensified his interest.
    She shrugged delicately and her eyes noticed that his dropped to the small V in her suit jacket. The realization sent a small thrill down through her entire body. “If you"re in this hotel, you"re doing well so it must be lucrative.”
    “Is that all you want? Money?” he asked gently.
    Electra laughed, thinking about the bank account that was now into the millions since she hated touching the income from the king. Her monthly allowance was blood money, sent each month to absolve a man of his guilt for killing her father. “It doesn"t motivate me, if that"s what you"re asking.”
    “But you"re looking for something lucrative as a career choice.”
     
    Electra smiled but it was more self-deprecating. “No, actually, I"d like to teach. That means that I"ll never be wealthy in a financial sense.”
    He nodded his head, hiding his concern. He didn"t want this lovely, luscious woman to have principles. It would be that much more difficult to get her to agree to become his mistress. He had preferred the more monetary approach. It was always more straightforward and easy. But he didn"t back down from the challenge. Somehow, the idea that she wanted to teach children only made him want her more. And he always got what he wanted.
    “Perhaps there is more to life than money,” he said.
    “That"s what all the teacher"s I"ve spoken to have said. They are in it for the success of their students and the achievement in helping each of them learn something new. Monetary rewards are way down the list.”
    He raised an eye at her response. “Doesn"t that daunt you away from the career?”
     
    She tilted her head to the side as she responded.“No. In fact, the more I talk to teachers who work in the field, the more I want to teach.”
    “You seem very passionate about the idea,” he said and his awareness of the woman increased when he saw her eyes flare with his words. Good, she wanted him. The idea was never in doubt. Women never turned him down. He wasn"t vain, he just knew that the power of his title and his enormous wealth were a powerful aphrodisiac. He didn"t consider himself all that tough on the eyes either.
    “Yes. I"m passionate,” she said, leaving it at that without any further explanation. Let him take her statement as he wanted to.
     
    “What else are you passionate about?” he asked, rising to the bait.
    Electra stifled a giggle. This was her first attempt at seduction and she didn"t want to blow it. Perhaps this one man, with his toughness and aura of danger and mystery, would ignore the intimidation tactics of Micha, Jamil and Gerrard. Instead of stating the obvious, she bit her lower lip enticingly, looked up at the ceiling for a moment, then