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‘Just Bella will do fine I’irlfriend’

‘True And ht I say I’ve never had better benefits’

Yes, this was the way to play it Cool and casual No ould he ever let her know his true feelings Hell no!

Bella couldn’t understand why she was feeling so put out by Sergio’s attitude He was only telling the truth, after all It worried her that perhaps she was trying to put a roht her up to believe nice girls only went to bed with men they loved Which hy Bella had had only three lovers in over ten years Of course, that had been long before her io’s father

It was hard, though, to abandon such long-held beliefs For a while there just now, Bella had started thinking there had to be so more between them than just sex It seeio than she had with any of her so-called lovers Perverse also that she should feel so bereft when he withdrew and rolled away from her In the past, she’d always been relieved when her lover had been finished with her

‘Is sex always this good for you, Sergio?’ she asked as he reached for his clothes

Sergio wanted to weep Instead, he somehow found a suitably nonchalant voice ‘Not always’

‘I’ve never felt anything like what just happened,’ she said

Against all common sense, her admission thrilled hiht of love glistening in his eyes

‘There’s no rhyme or reason to sexual chemistry, Bella,’ he lied as he drew on his shorts and T-shirt ‘Sometimes it is better than others I also suspect you haven’t been with a lancing her way

She was still disturbingly naked and made no attempt to cover herself

‘I broke up with Andrei over a year ago’

He already knew that, the news having made his day at the time

‘And there’s been no one since?’

‘No’

‘No one-night stands?’