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Magda was a million miles away from any of his previous women

And not just because of her virginity Or her shyness

Just what it was about her that made her so different he couldn’t work out yet

But he’d find out

He lowered hi with inner hus away fro his hands on the hs, he leant forward

‘Buon giorno,’ he said invitingly, his eyes glea softly

She didn’t seem to knohat he wanted, so he showed her

A soft kiss of greeting, just brushing her tenderAs he drew back he saw her flush had mounted, and she still could not meet his eye

He saze flicker momentarily to his

‘There is no need for shyness, cara You are a woman now’

Yes, he thought, and I have h him at the realisation It was quite extraordinary She was transformed from that poor, scrawny, unlovely creature who…someone… ould turn heads wherever she went

A strange sensationhe had never felt before, and he wondered at it His eyes swept over her again, looking at hier in her eyes for hih her enised, for it ain She looked so good, lying back against his pillows, even if the bedclothes were clutched up to her chin He reached forith a hand,to draw them off her so that he could see her lovely, delicate body in the warht And more than see…