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‘Which outfit did you prefer?’ she suddenly asked hiown or this?’

‘You looked fantastic in the white gown, like a model on a catwalk Butbrown fingers over a slender shoulder ‘The colour reflects the shade of your eyes and your glorious curves are only hinted at, which I liked,’ he confided huskily ‘Perhaps I am more like o I would have veiled you from all eyes but my own’

Warmth flared in her cheeks She had expected hiown and he had surprised her with an honesty that she found extraordinarily sexy ‘Veiled?’ she teased

‘Your beauty could blind ahis war her back against him ‘You blindedti company’

‘Yes,’ she acknowledged, breasts swelling from the proximity of his hands and a very basic need to be touched as her breath feathered in her throat

Yet his allusion to the disco could have beenher friend and flath her friend had swiftly moved on to another man and indeed moved in with him, that unhappy connection had ensured Chrissie resisted Jaul’s advances

His lips caressed her throat as he drew her down on the bed and as a shiver of alh her she blinked as he lifted her hand, splayed her fingers and ser

‘What’s this?’ she gasped, scanning the band of incredibly glittery ge ‘Pink?’

‘Pink diaift’

‘I never even thought of giving you a gift!’ she exclairoan of frustration

‘But you gave me Tarif and Soraya, whose worth is beyond price,’ Jaul declared without hesitation ‘I can never thank you enough for our children’