Chapter 23. Showtime

The girl was as crazy in bed as she was outside it, with no limit at all and always going all the way. She knew what made him tick, and she used it so well whenever she needed something. He shrugged. He was only a man, and it had been at least a week since they'd been together. He was a man of ample sexual appetite, and he was not ashamed to say he lost to her when she used that approach.

Of course, when all was said and done, Natalie automatically believed that they were back together, and he dismissed that notion. Well, it had not been a pretty scenario. She had turned violent, calling him all sorts of names that made his ears ring, breaking his favorite lamp, and scattering his mementos. He had to pack her up and deposit her outside his gate after she gave him a stinging slap that made him forget all the euphoria of good sex. She banged on the gate for a while, cursing him and his gateman, before finally going away.

He had thought he had seen the last of her but realized