page35 (2/2)

‘She has wonderful taste’ Lisa’sthe satisfaction on his face If he thought his plan had worked, he was very soon going to find out how mistaken that was

‘I wish hter than any fireworks on New Year’s Eve’

Why? To mark her as his or to ensure she quietly slipped away once the show of being together, because of the media interest in them as a couple and Raul and Max as brothers, had died down?

Could she continue with this and act the part of loving hen his seduction last night had proved she couldn’t resist hi it as a way of keeping her on display as his wife

She closed the box and looked up at him ‘I don’t knohat to say’

‘You don’t have to say anything, just be at ain on New Year’s Eve Show the world we are a couple’

Lisa tried to read what he was thinking but failed If she agreed, at least she could move on with her life and know that she’d tried with Max, that she’d be able to look her child in the eyes later on and say with honesty that she’d done just that

‘In that case I will be at your side and wearing the diaht strikes on New Year’s Eve’

CHAPTER EIGHT

AS THEY HAD driven the short distance to the hotel, through frost-covered countryside, Lisa had tried to put all they’d just talked about fro, she wanted to be able to enjoy her tih the realclearer It was all a façade, a show of being the man she needed hi it easy for hie?

The hotel was beautifully decorated for Christ Lisa felt like a se sofa in front of the heat of a log fire All through her iven her, in particular the dia he could, but showing that he held power over her, forcing her to accept his co she wanted Power and command did not equal love