Chapter 210: A Lion's Prey

"Because you're the kind of challenge men want to take on." He answered without blinking. He made no effort to dress up the rawness of his desire, yet the fact that he laid it bare to the very woman he meant to pursue said plenty about him. He was disarmingly forthright, far better than the hypocrites and the outright scoundrels. The candor alone kept Lana Hayde from feeling the slightest disgust; if anything, it made her admire him. "In that case, I hope next time we meet, we'll get to know each...