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Having no work to occupy her here, she’d spent a day sightseeing, undetected by any paparazzi Far fro able to enthuse about all the ancient relics at the Acropolis, she’d felt lonely surrounded by couples and groups of people all chattering happily together

Christian’s hoe so weak that the chances ofany friendships were al was central, allowing her plenty of freedo in Athens re back at Villa Mondelli, when her grandfather had always been too busy working to take any notice of her Rocco had been of the sa about didn’t change anything Keeping busy was the solution to curbing isolation As a child she would bury her head in books, draw pictures and practise her gy, a project here in Athens, to keep the isolation at bay and it had been while going through the photos she’d taken on their wedding day, trying hard to look at theh maudlin eyes, that inspiration had struck

‘May I look?’

‘It isn’t finished yet—I’m about two-thirds done, but help yourself’ She pushed her chair back to give hih, catching that gorgeous oaky scent that made her mouth water

She closed her eyes in a futile atteh her at his proximity

In three weeks he hadn’t once attempted to seduce her, not even with his eyes, as he had done so ht had been enough for hihts But they’d been et her body to believe it was bored of him too

Time would curb it, she told herself Eventually his lack of interest would creep through her like a pollutant and she would be able to stop tossing and turning throughout the night, wishing he would come to her

After three weeks of no physical attention she accepted that wasn’t going to happen

It had done nothing to cure her longing

‘This is incredible,’ Christian said, clicking his way through the pages she’d created ‘The glossy et hold of your reed drily

Silently she congratulated herself on another coherent conversation with him