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‘I wouldn’t get carried away,’ he murmured drily ‘If I were you I’d reantyou’d be far better off bearing that in mind’

CHAPTER TWO

NATURALLY SUSIE OFFERED to pay her half

‘I insist,’ she told hi I want is for you to find yourself having to buy dinner for me And a very expensive dinner as well’

‘I don’t do anything in life because I have to,’ Sergio informed her ‘At any rate, I don’t pay when I come here’

‘You don’t pay? What does that mean?’

‘I have an understanding here’ So she kneas rich? That wasn’t too difficult He ell known—if not because he appeared so often in the financial pages, then because he appeared with equal regularity in the gossip columns of tabloids Whether she knehat, precisely, he owned, he had no idea—and who cared?

He had already made his mind up

Maybe he had alvanised into unexpected reaction

She had coht direction for fun

And the cash? He was a generous lover, so who knew? If she was looking for sonificantif she was in search of involvement on an emotional levelthen of course she would be in for a rude awakening But for theher to his bedreradual inchand then exploring the body underneath also inch by gradual inch

‘How can you have an “understanding” with a restaurant?’ Susie asked dubiously ‘Unless Are you related to the owner? Or does the owner owe you a favour?’ She frowned and chewed her lip anxiously ‘You’re notnot connected to the Mafia, are you?’

For a few seconds Sergio thought he hadat him, her almond-shaped brown eyes wary

‘Have you actually just asked me whether I was connected to the Mafia?’ Incredulity almost deprived hio this far