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Then he was kissing her until she was breathless, ariggled

“I take it you’re impressed with the exhibition, Mrs Erave “But I’d like you to take the photograph down It’s a esture, but I don’t want to be on display”

“You aren’t”

Julia looked fro there for all to see”

“Vitali wished to give us a gift to thank us, but I refused When I asked if I could do soestured to the room “Vitali is an old ro special for us He agreed to display the picture and give us an hour on this floor, all to ourselves”

Julia’s eyes widened “We have the Botticelli room all to ourselves?”

“Not just that” His blue eyes danced with aht his lips to her ear “We also have the corridor”

“You’re kidding”

“No This floor is off lilanced at his Rolex—“forty-five o downstairs for the reception and dinner”

With one quick rasped his lapels with both hands and pulled hiainst his lips

“I take it you’re pleased?” he said, when she finally released hi him toward the door

“Where?”

“Makeup sex, museum sex, corridor sex I don’t care what you call it, but now is our chance”

Gabriel found hi after a very deterh heels

“You surprise htly so it could be heard above the tapping of her stilettos

“You’re supposed to be shy You’re supposed to be the seduced, not the seducer”

She turned around, her eyes glittering

“I want a heart-stopping, ainst a Florentine wall, Professor You’ve just told ht we’d have—privacy in a public space Screw shyness”

Now Gabriel laughed, tipping his head back

He marched her swiftly down the corridor and around the corner to the opposite side, where he positioned her in a dark corner between two high marble statues perched atop plinths

“This ti up her dress in order to rest on her thigh

“Good”

“There’s no air conditioning in here, so things h with the back of his hand

“I would expect nothing less, Professor”