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Fun! The word Luc had used for today echoed ly in Darci’s brain

She wasn’t having fun! She was so tense, ith her complete awareness of Luc, so churned-up inside, that she couldn’t breathe properly, let alone think She certainly wasn’t having fun!

And now Luc had turned the car off into a forest area miles from anywhere Certainly nowhere near a restaurant

Had she been a fool? Had the suggestion of going out to lunch been just a ruse on Luc’s part? Perhaps he had brought her here with the intention ofher his lunch…?

‘Your suppositions are not flattering’ The harshness of his voice cut into her rapidly escalating thoughts ‘Either to yourself or to me!’ he added hardly as he turned the car into a deserted car park about half ato look at her, those finely chiselled features as harsh as his voice ‘If I had asked you out today with the intention oflove to you then, believe me, I would have chosen somewhere more comfortable than a forest floor littered with pine-cones!’

Darci stared at hi her top lip in an effort to control the sht to mind No doubt the intrusion of pine-cones and needles at the wrong moment could play havoc with seduction—even Luc’s!

‘Better’ Luc grireen eyes ‘Have a little faith, het out of the car and go round and open the boot, giving Darci those few minutes to sit and consider thehis intentions

Not completely, of course

He did not intend going back to London today without kissing Darci Maybe a littleher But he really would prefer the comfort of a bed when he held her completely naked in his arms and worshipped that beautiful body from the top of her fiery head to the tips of her slender toes

Of course it wasn’t helping his self-control that she looked so stunningly beautiful in a fitted black T-shirt and an above-the-knee-length white skirt that clung to the rounded contours of her bottoant feet were thrust into cork sandals

No, there was no way he was going to be able to resist at least kissing and caressing Darci today!