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‘Don’t know You should have It is not as if you don’t know me In fact, I would say that you know me better than any woman ever has before…’

‘Is that a good thing, I wonder? Don’t you think it’s impossible to ever really know someone?’

For just a few heady, dangerous seconds she wondered hoould react if she told him howNot when she conjured up the consequences No h she knew that there was no future between the to cross just yet

‘Anyway, let’s not be serious,’ she coaxed, sliding back towards hi his hands to her breasts ‘You pro bath You knoe models have to be pampered’

He pampered her He doubted she could have enjoyed it asher wet, slippery body, soaping every inch of her, taking his ti from over-exposure to water, he towelled her dry very slowly and very carefully and absolutely forbade her to put on any pyjale ite ner clothes yet harboured an array of oversized tee shirts in which she slept, she had becos that barely skirted her beautifully proportioned body

Tonight, though, he wanted to feel her nakedness next to hiht without his fingers having to coht have been

‘Are you happy, Francesca?’ he asked in a low voice, when they were finally in bed and facing one another

She looked at him, startled and unsettled by the question

‘What do you mean?’

‘Ihis thuht I live out of a suitcase and so do you It isn’t satisfactory…’