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“For what?”

“Giving me a second chance”

She had no idea how much her words meant to him It wasn’t until that moment that he realized just how important their relationship was to hi to admit, even to himself

His gaze dipped to her lips There was a tiny dab of frosting on her bottoed to lean forward and lick it off her berry-red lips The urge swelled within him

The truth was that he couldn’t forget about their stea and taunting him

During the day he thought he’d finally gotten a handle on things But standing here so close to Sylvie, he realized that he’d only been fooling hiotten into his blood and he had no idea how to undo the spell she had over him

When he lifted his gaze upward, he noticed the twinkle of interest in her eyes Desire stirred in his gut In that ment Maybe just a little kiss wouldn’t be so bad After all, she didn’t seem to reject the idea In fact, the look in her beautiful brown eyes was one of interest She was interested in him?

Was it possible she didn’t regret their night together like he’d been i conclusions?

He halted his rah his hair He couldn’t believe he’d al her

“Sorry about that,” he said “I need to get going”

Before she could say anything, he strode away He didn’t trust hi rays of the sun with the most beautiful woman he’d ever known

It wasn’t until he was almost to the vineyard that he realized he hadn’t done what he’d set out to do He hadn’t talked to her about winding down the wedding business And noas hesitant to go near her again She had to know that he’d almost kissed her

His feet keptTheir talk could wait for another day—a day when he

had his head screwed on straight

Sylvie was off-limits to hiain when he couldn’t commit to a relationship—not when he let down the people closest to him