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“What, no Gina?” She’d left Luca’s sister after their hot stonein her office, desperate to keep up with the workload

“Gina sends her apologies, but Charlie has taken her back to Calgary to catch a flight home”

She caught the s happened? Is it your father?”

“Why would you ask about my father?” The wrinkle deepened

She looked up at him and put her hand on his ar with him”

He sighed, and put his hand over hers “No, it’s not Papa I rather think it’s Gina and Angelo, but she wouldn’t tell me”

“I’m sorry”

He put on a s had he been shouldering the weight of his faht came to her and she realized it fit Luca felt responsible He hid it behind a playboy-type façade, but after the way he’d spoken about his father and now his sister, she was sure of it

“Let’s not worry about that now You look lovely The spa clearly agreed with you”

Mari began to lift her hand to s fussed over and pampered The stress had htened her shoulders “Thank you”

Yet she knew days at the spa and art shopping trips were things she couldn’t get used to She was Mari Ross of slamour and a lifestyle very different from hers It was understandable why she’d find that seductive But it was also a reminder of why it was temporary

Things like this simply didn’t last

When they reached the car, he leaned over and kissed her teot in “You look radiant,” he murmured in her ear

The spot on her scalp where he’d pressed his lips burned He was acting as though they did this every day, for Pete’s sake! All the feelings fro back, and she tried to push the over and buckling her seat belt

They started with a sallery tucked in behind Banff Avenue Mari exas to spectacular photographic work As the visit continued, Mari felt like she ept along with a ind…only everywhere she turned, there was Luca, a few steps behind her Always aware of him, the sound of his voice as he spoke to the proprietor And using softer, more intimate tones for her