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He was skilful and se into her silken softness and the final piercing of the barrier of her virginity caused fleeting tears to well into her eyes He stayed very still then, allowing her to adjust to the invasion ‘I’ you’ Ripples of heat and stiain

Newly sensitised, she quivered, her body angling up to his in an invitation that spoke louder than any words With a ragged laugh of gratification he ain and a whi Her heart began to haainst her ribs Exquisite sensation built and the knot of ravenous need in her was tightened and tightened as he set up a raw, sensual rhythm

Delirious with pleasure, she abandoned herself to his dark, driving passion At the height of a shattering climax she screamed in ecstasy before she tumbled down and down and down in a release from her physical body that was so powerful that she was not quite sure she was conscious for several minutes afterwards

Angelo kissed her and she stiffened, for once the fog of pleasure had seeped away she was gripped by a stark sense of shame and denial She felt horribly emotional and tearful How could she have let herself enjoy it? How could she have let herself down like that? Where was her pride? She was atteistered that Angelo was re her wrist-watch

‘What are you doing?’ sheas still as a corpse under hi her entrapped

Ieloyou a present,passione mia ’ Her smooth brow indented ‘A present?’ She lifted her hand to examine the neatch in shock and disner naifts surfaced Revulsion ripped through her and she struggled with desperate fingers to take it off again but the intricate clasp defeated her ‘No, thanks, I don’t want it Look…how do you get this off?’ Angelo rested his stubborn jaw on the heel of his hand and surveyed her with deceptively sleepy tawny eyes ‘I want you to wear it—’ ‘What for?’ Her Delft-blue eyes flashed into direct contact with his narrowed gaze for the first tiry distaste etched there startled hienerous guy? Or so that you can belittleme in jewellery for what I just did with you? Well, I reat status symbol of a mansion and forced to wear the fancy clothes that you paid for but—’ Gwenna had to pause just to draw breath

‘But?’Angelo encouraged, outraged that his generosity could be twisted into an insult and rejected

‘I refuse to wear jewellery you give elo, confounded by her behaviour and furious with her, finally released her froht ‘You will if it pleases me Consider it part of the role you took on of your own accord’ ‘And do I have that role all to ue before she even realised that she intended to ask it But just as quickly she accepted that she had to know, she simplyhad to knohether or not she was one of a crowd

His stunning dark gaze veiled; he was a veteran at facing doard questions from the wo into that unrevealing response And she felt as if he’d punched a hole right through her and sent the ground beneath her feet crashing away He wasn’t even willing to be faithful to her? That neledge was like a jagged iceberg settling in her sto slap in the face How much lower could he make her sink? She was appalled by his attitude

Distaste sliced through her ‘Then, I suppose e just did is the equivalent of a one-night stand’ His lean bronzed face was griainst the pillows ‘I don’t do those,’ Angelo groith incredulous bite

‘Perhaps I can only face thinking about this arrangement one day at a ti she valued Everything he said er in control of her own life

Suddenly all the bewilderedback just broke free of restraint and overflowed ‘For goodness’ sake, I don’t even like you! You’ve taken arden, my very history fro You’ve even taken Piglet!’ she launched in a wild, al out of bed to shoot into the bathroom at speed and noisily bolt the door behind her