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He scrutinized her, from her wild hair to her summery blouse and her denim shorts—which suddenly see, it see to meet her eyes

There was that intensity again, that displeasure—as if there was so about her he didn’t like “Come in”

She clutched the strap of her purse tight “It’s nothing…ieous “I’ll talk to you when you see Gio…whenever”

She hardly turned on her heel before he was there, next to her The warers wrapped around her bare arh her

He didn’t really pull her, yet Pia found herself drifting alongside hi assistants before closing the door

Pia looked around his huge office,at hiany desk took center stage with a sitting area to one side, and a walkthrough to a bedroom and walk-in shower

She retreated to the other side of the desk while he leaned against the closed door, all casual elegance “You should not roae country”

Sooaded her “Worried about my safety?”

He rolled his eyes, which in turn hter is quite the sensation right now” His gaze ski et for any number of men”

He called her the vilest of things, took offense to her presence in Gio’s life and yet, so in his expression made her wonder if he actually orried about her

Orto delude herself

She sighed, helpless against the longing that, for one randdaughter But then, if she weren’t, he’d probably not even look at her at all

“I begged E into the city anyway Gio is visiting his sister”

His gaze lingered on her mouth Just for a fraction of a second, but there Luckily, the desk hid her tres “Which one?”

“That on Maria”