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Everything about the wedding was perfection itself Even the weather was a beautiful June day, gorgeous with the sun shining

It wasn’t a real e, Clio reminded herself as they reached Stefan and Zayed handed her over It was all a story they were creating for the media and Jackson

Her heart zigzagged all over the place as Stefan clasped her fingers tight in his

But as she aze for the first ti to life there, she shivered

Hoas she supposed to resist him when the liquid lust in his eyes felt like the only real thing today? Hoas she supposed to resist him when despite his distrust of her, he made her feel as if she mattered?

CHAPTER EIGHT

HE HAD A WIFE

One as dressed in delicate white lace that displayed her alabaster skin in its glory The row of buttons going all the way to her lower back was all he could think of

Her fla line of her jaw and neck were a teers

Her dress, while lacy, was elegant, sophisticated, as it hugged her lithe frame and small breasts

She looked as she always did—deether Only he knehat simmered beneath that calm exterior

He had a wife and he couldn’t turn his gaze away from her

The thought was so disconcerting and disturbing that Stefan kept turning the platinuer round and round, as if he could e reality by stubbornly refusing to accept it

He not only had a wife but one he wanted to kissin his next breath

And thefact of them all was that his neife had almost flinched when he had touched her lips with his

He, Stefan Bianco, the man who had dated some of the most beautiful, accomplished women in the world, badly wanted to touch and kiss and seduce his wife, the one woman he should never touch or want in any way