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"But I said I won't sleep with you."

"You need to work on your listening skills. I do not pay for sex. Never. I don't need to.” His cockiness reappears on his face.

I'm so out of my element here. I can't do this.

I get up. "You're not answering my question. I'm not doing this. Thank you, but no thank you." I get to the door, and his hand comes over the top of my head.

He slams it into the door. "Wait."

I jump and spin. "You're scaring me."

His eyes widen. "I am not a man who hurts women. If I frightened you, I apologize. Don't go."

I focus on his chest. Abby's face once again haunts me.

"I will give you a thousand dollars when you leave if you sit down and finish negotiating with me."

I gape at him.

Is this guy crazy?

Yep, he has to be.

One thousand dollars just to sit down?

"Fine. Please step back."

He exhales and obeys.

I walk to the armchair so he can't sit next to me. "I won't agree to anything unless I know what I'm getting involved in."

The cockiness he had earlier disappears. "You're smart to ask. Don't go into an agreement with any man unless you understand what you will be doing."

"And we would be doing…?"

"From time to time, I have events to go to. You will be my date."

My closet full of yoga pants and second-hand store dresses comes to mind. "I don't have fancy things."

"I will take care of it. Anything you need comes from me as a gift."

Events sound easy. I can do that.

"That's it?"

A smoldering expression crosses his face. "No."

"What else?"

He licks his lips, and his eyes wander over my body. I try not to squirm. He says, "When we are in here, you will also dress in what I provide."

"So, I'll be clothed?"

"Until I tell you to take it off."

My heart races. I glance out at the room full of people.

"I will shut the shades. I will not allow any other man to see you."