Chương 77: Switched

She couldn't believe it when she heard what she had just heard. Raphael was attempting to buy her body. She didn't know why she was surprised; Raphael thought she had once taken 50,000 pounds for the same reason.

'We'll both know where we stand this time.' Raphael was obviously thinking along the same lines. 'There will be no pretense between us, just a simple enjoyment of our arrangement.'

'I—Are you still interested in me?' She was taken aback by the thought; she had assumed from his contemptuous treatment of her the day before that she disgusted him.

'Isn't it incredible?' He murmured. 'But once I saw you again, I knew I'd never stop wanting you physically.' But this time, I want you on my terms, with no misunderstanding of any emotional commitment between us. I'll pay for your living expenses and the operation if you need one, but in exchange, I want you in my bed whenever I want you. 'That has to be understood from the beginning,' he rasped.