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Very slowly she began to undo the buttons of his shirt, her gaze never faltering, her eyes gleaht down into his soul It took every ounce of the self-control it had taken Cristiano a lifetime to acquire to keep still, to keep silent as her handsof his jeans

Her breath quickened as she undid them Her lips parted and for a brief second her eyelids fluttered

It was enough Almost delirious with need, he kicked off his jeans and hitched her further up on the bed, rising above her as she opened herself up for him

Biting the insides of his cheeks he entered her very sloatching her face, noticing how her eyes never left his They were locked together Lost together Her hands were on his shoulders, and then, as the rhyth the as waves of pleasure rocked her

He sensed her tensing, arching, and felt his own body gather itself in response Then she brought her hand to her ainst hihtened convulsively on him

For a asp quivered in the silence, then he gathered her to hiainst his chest as he shattered inside her

Kate lay very still, listening to the beat of her own heart, the distant sound of the traffic on the e Ordinary sounds, the sounds she had heard alht for the last three years, since she had moved here with a newborn Alexander

This was the floor she had paced with hihts when he had been fretful and colicky, when she had stood at therocking hihts of the cars Counting the to Cristiano‘s car as he came to find her

He was here now And in thatelse mattered

Chapter Thirteen

IT WAS still dark outside as Cristiano eased himself from the warmth of the old brass bed The floorboards were icy beneath his feet

Dio, he ht gri his way as quietly as possible across the creaking landing Just in time he remembered to duck his head as he went into the miniature bathroom This house seemed to have been built for dolls, or for fa along claustrophobic tunnels that they would have had no proble around with a permanent stoop at home

Unlike hi to be a proper family they would need a proper fained that Kate would want to keep a base here, near her family and friends, but it was important for him to have somewhere in Europe, to be close to the best facilities for training

It didn‘t have to be Monaco, he thought vaguely as he splashed water on his face

Monza was good…

Straightening up, he looked at his reflection in the mirror above the basin

It’s over, he thought hoarsely The years of running away are over I’ve found someone I want to stay with

There was just the s her about his past, he reflected soberly as he pulled on his clothes He paused, feeling panic grip hiht say Would she despise him for his lack of academic ability? Would she be able to spend her life with someone asn‘t her intellectual equal and who had spent his teenage years bunking off school and stealing cars?

He clenched his fists, pressing the his eyes as he struggled to regain his grip on rationality

It was the first Grand Prix of the season in just over a week If he could get back out there and prove himself, maybe he would be worthy of her Maybe then she would see him as someone she could spend her life with

The thin light of daas stealing through the curtains as he went softly back into the bedroom His leather holdall lay on the floor by theand he unzipped it, wincing slightly at the noise, and took so out of the inside pocket

Cristiano?‘

Her voice was soft and throaty Tensing hiht of desire, he turned to look at her

Si? ‘

You‘re dressed‘ As she struggled to sit up he saw the look of bewilderment on her face

I have to go‘

She lifted one slender ar as she pushed her tumbled hair back from her faceWhere?‘

Cristiano felt desire stab hiainst it

If he gave in to the teer that he‘d never leave