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When out of nowhere she heard a familiar voice, "That could be, Alannah, because you are on a Luxury Liner in the middle of the ocean bound for America And here in theher back to reality, she looked around for the voice Just howdid thisaround to face the voice, forgetting that she had yet to fully closed her cape, which still left her exposed froh the darkness the man stepped forward and when she saw that it was indeed Nicolò, he earing only his white pants At the sight of this her heartbeat quickened as did her breath She hadn't seen hi her eyse she re on the shore, he had taken off his shirt because it had gotten wet, and he said it would dry faster that way She took a deep breath and sighed "Nicolò? Howdown at the lower half of her naked body and s Alannah to blush and reach over to close her cape He stepped closer to her, drawing her into his ar down to whisper in her ear He was trying very hard to control the e close to her once again Seeing her exposed in the ht, just ht chest, her partial naked body nicely fit next to his "You have no idea what you are doing to ht now,on his chest, "Oh, I think I do, because just being this close to you makes me melt"

"Alannah I'm sorry I can't" he said as he pulled away fro Alannah, while we are here on the ship You can't refer to me as Nicolò, you need to remember to call me Mr Giovanni No one knohere I caer ships for the last five years hoping that I would find you Now here we are, instead of working side by side as ere on the other vessel we are passenger and crew, First Class crew at that Alannah I would love nothing more than to pick you up and take you to your room and show you how much I love you, but I can not OH - I have missed you Alannah, but I can't do this to you"" He turned to kiss her forehead, e her once ht would always be how her body looked reflecting in the ht, barely covered in that opera cape He wanted her badly that night, but he respected her too e of her As she watched hi prick her foot, she reached down to find it, but nothing was there, her legs felt like putty, as she found her way back to her suite With a tear in her eye and a slass door to her suite and walked in, little did she know that she was being watched