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If they had a properit off hihts like that did nothing for her private ainst hi of his eyes, that look as if he wanted nothing more than to rip her clothes off too

A rush of warhs, so deep and sudden her legs weakened

It was a look she hadn’t seen in three weeks

Any ied to attain was ripped away in one fell swoop

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHRISTIAN’S DRIVER PULLED up outside the eine been turned off than the door was opened for them and they were ushered out of the car a paparazzi, who’d been tipped off that they were attending

As they crossed the threshold of the historic building, Alessandra almost jumped out of her skin to feel Christian place his hand on the small of her back

It was the first tiht

It’s for the paparazzi’s benefit, she told herself

When he clasped her hand into his h hers, the nerves on her skin tingled ar to squeeze their possession

Keeping a firrip of her hand, he steered her around the roo her to various bankers, investors and their partners and spouses

She found it hard keeping track of naainst hers, her heart would skip and her ht

When a waiter passed carrying a tray of canapés, she pounced, glad of a decent excuse to drop her husband’s hand

It wasn’t just h; er for the intiuess at They’d released a couple of photos to thepublishable would help thes,’ she said after a few hours of small talk and endless canapés Christian had noticed her springing lightly on her aching legs and, insisting she rest for a few minutes, had borne her off to soed at his lips ‘It would make life easier’