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Angelo, on the other hand, appeared to be in no rush The first five h the CDs on sale just beyond the rows ofdoors

He could feel her stea the rack of CDs, pulling out another one and reading the index of songs at super slow speed

‘What,’ he asked, turning to her, ‘do you think of this one? I live over here now, but regrettably I have not et into the music’ He handed her the CD and watched as she impatiently scanned it

‘Have you any intention of buying a CD?’ Francesca asked ‘I thought we came in here to buy food so that I could cook you ayour standards’ She handed him back the CD and folded her arms

Dressed casually, she was even more of a knockout than in the neatly tailored suits he had seen her in previously Her jeans were faded to the palest of blues and fitted her like a second skin, flaring slightly at the botto slender feet tucked into workainly on any other woman Models, even ex-ood Francesca was no exception Where she differed was that she carried just sufficient weight to look fe but

Undeterred, Angelo surveyed her blandly, although he could feel the adrenaline puht of his seduction and its inevitable success A part of him marvelled at the fact that less than a week previously he had been engaged to be married to someone else Of course, he had always known that he had chosen Georgina because of her credentials, had known that his fondness for her had never extended to love, had willingly accepted that her own feelings for hi landed soiven her no agement

Would he tell Francesca of that little development? he wondered

Or would he bed her knowing that even the thought of hih for her to resist hi for her to plead for him when she had once walked away

‘We need ly turning round to reach for another CD At this rate, Francesca worked out that they wouldn’ttime

‘I haveand pointedly returned it to the rack

‘But do you have music that I would like?’

‘Well, since you haven’t got into English music you’ll just have to trustthrough CDs You wantany other client has ever requested…’

‘But then, I aance that Francesca raised her eyes skywards and sighed elaborately ‘Okay, okay’ He raised both hands in et down to the business of buying food’

And no chat It was the e He let her have it her way for the first tenon in silence while she frowned over the cuts of etables for freshness

Superular basis, or any kind of basis for thathis fridge stocked up and, if he ever needed anything beyond the usual, he simply took himself off to the nearest delicatessen and paid over the odds for the privilege And, of course, for the past few lish food that was unadventurous but edible

For a short while he was content to eye the shelves and watch Francesca at work Just for a short while, though

‘Tellto,’ he said while she was frowning over the fresh pasta, and Francesca jumped because suddenly he was a lot closer to her than she had thought