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Angelo froze, dark eyes flaring angrily as he worked out who had called her

Here she was in his bedrooh that was all right, acceptable, even norave hilance and finished the conversation with the gentle assurance that she would be in touch soon She smothered a yaith a polite hand

‘I don’t think you should be accepting calls from him’ Delft-blue eyes met his in honest surprise ‘Why not? Toby’s elo spelt out with stinging cool

‘But nothing’s going to happen Toby doesn’t think of me that way’ E her She always tried to be fair, always endeavoured to look at opposing points of view It occurred to her that in the light of the fuss she had ht to object to her friendship with Toby

‘But I don’t like it,’ Angelo countered flatly

Absorbing the saze, Gwenna was surprised to feel an unexpected twinge of amusement She dipped her head to hide it He was so possessive, so incredibly passionate He was not at all the cold, callous and insensitive guy she had once believed ‘I can see your point,’ she answered with determined tact

The savage tension in Angelo’s broad shoulders eased He took her into a vasten suite bathrooarment was removed with subtle caresses and an exquisitely skilled sensuality that hts made her feel desperately shy but not even that could suppress the helpless tingle of arousal he roused The lush, swollen heart of her ached but it didn’t stop her wanting hi to a torturous peak of need He took her in the shower She shut her eyes tight, surrendering to theerotic pleasure and the shivering, whi rapture of delirious relief Afterwards, she just wanted to sleep and could hardly stand upright He wrapped her in a fleecy towel

‘I wish you would stay awake, passione elo complained

‘Can’t…hardly slept last night,’ she ht hours finally taking their toll Her eyelids felt as though weights were attached to them

He eased her between cool sheets and she waited for him to join her Instead she heard a door open and she peered sleepily across the rooth was clad only in boxers ‘Where are you going?’ ‘My rooh here’He was poised on the threshold of the room next door

Her pale brow indented ‘But—’ The smooth brown breadth of his‘I always sleep alone I’ll see you in the ’ The door closedI always sleep alone She had spent a lifeti alone too and could not comprehend why she should now feel rejected by his withdrawal

Exhaustion soon kicked in, however, to blur her troubled thoughts and sink her into a deep slumber

She ith a start, unsure of her surroundings and of what ht have wakened her In a rush she reelo’s house and she fu up when she heard a disturbing sound froht she slid out of bed and snatched up the shirt he had left in a careless heap Hastily donning it, she opened the co door between their rooms

In the dawn light filtering through the shutters she could see Angelo tossing and turning in the big bed He was e The sheer terror in his voice grabbed her by the throat, shook her up and sent her flying straight to his side She scraet within reach of hi hand on his shoulder His skin was as hot as fire

‘Angelo…wake up!’ she whispered urgently, shaking hihtly

Angelo wrenched himself up in a suddenin Italian With a gruff exclah his dishevelled black hair and he turned to study her with a frown that drew his sleek ebony brows together ‘What are you doing here?’ ‘You were having a bad dreaet theelo growled, dark eyes defensive, the fierce tension in his big powerful fra itself to her

Gwenna loosed a rueful sigh Evidently, ht he was a dazzling bronzed vision of raw masculine appeal With his hair ruffled and blue-black stubble outlining the aggressive set of his jaw line he looked startlingly handsorim cast of his lustrous eyes that made Gwenna shiet nightelo said very drily, but she noticed he didn’t push her away