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It was at this depressing point in her train of thought that Sergio stopped at the end of the pool less than threeat

‘Ti her attention to his face; his sexily unshaven face

Bella shts Coio, but she could not So she watched, heart racing, as he placed his two paling as he propelled hi cat on the flagstones, water streahtened then slicked his hair back with large wet hands Bella’s breath caught in her throat as she just stared at hieous male body from top to toe

Thank heavens Maria appeared with the ice bucket and glasses at that point, Bella glad to have an excuse to turn away and help her Not that looking away froio achieved all that much It hadn’t taken more than a couple of seconds for her to spy as on display within the confines of his tightly fitted shorts Not only was Sergio hotter looking without clothes on than any er, if her eyes hadn’t deceived her

Her ined hoould feel to be hlove was hardly what she had inBella’s head was not ro her without foreplay, without tenderness, without lies about loving She did not want to be told he loved her She just wanted sex Raw, naked, animal sex

Not just attraction this time, Bella accepted shakily as she picked up the bottle of wine that sat in the ice bucket in the middle of the table This was lust The most famous of the seven deadly sins Infa consciences andfools of the most sensible people

Ascontrol, she’d hoped she would be in love at the time, not in lust When she’d arrived here, she certainly hadn’t envisaged falling in lust with Sergio The possibility that she ht make a fool of herself with him truly horrified her By the time he wrapped a towel around his hips and joined her at the table, she’d ed to banish that wicked fantasy to the far reaches of her es that were not very nice Already they threatened to spoil her holiday, so she refused to allow She needed this break, quite desperately What she did not need was to fall victis that were strictly sexual and superficial She did not love Sergio She didn’t even know hier The boy she’d once known and liked had become a man A man with his own life and his own plans A man who undoubtedly already had a woine otherwise

After the break-up with Andrei last year, Bella had vowed to stop being a fool where men were concerned Time to test that vow!

Gathering herself, she schooled her face into a io’s near nakedness and poured hilass of wine

‘You swilass ‘But then, you always did’

CHAPTER SEVEN

AS SERGIO REACHED to take his glass, he looked deep into her lovely but very cool blue eyes Yet they hadn’t been cool a few seconds ago They’d been hot and hungry as they stared at him He’d been sure of it

Not a sign of anything noever She was all cool sophistication as she sat there, looking cripplingly desirable in a silky floral sundress She was too thin, of course Woht were always too thin in Sergio’s opinion Perversely, Bella’s slenderness only ility that was both appealing and provocative Her porcelain skin was free of lorious blonde hair up in a style that showed off her long, elegant neck and pretty shell-like ears She wasn’t wearing lipstick, but then her lips didn’t need lipstick, her mouth full and lush and pink in its natural state

Sergio’s gut tightened as he i that ining a whole lot rip

‘I seem to recall you were quite the little fish as well,’ he said, and took a welcoinal success when it ca the sexual heat Bella always evoked in him He’d still been half erect when he exited the pool, and was now back in full flight, an uncoiven the restrictions of wet Lycra