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‘You make it sound soso coldso businesslike’

‘I could wrap it up in pretty paper if you’d prefer,’ Sergio said drily ‘But would that change anything? We’re attracted to one another I can feel it between us like so alive And if you come a bit closer and touch me you’ll certainly feel just how attracted to you I aht now’

Her heart skipped a beat She reht There was a spark of electricity between the that And so what if he waspractical about whatever this was? So what if he was blunt when it ca about it?

The roht want to hear all the flowery stuff that came at the start of a relationship—but that flowery stuff didn’t a her his own unvarnished viehat they had

Mutual, physical attraction—take it or leave it

‘Are you soso cold and detached with other women?’ she asked Or was he like this only with her because he’d known froo that she wasn’t the sort of wo?

‘You talk a lot’

But he grinned and a little rin It altered the harsh contours of his beautiful face and made hily sexy Did he have a turn-on switch for that smile? Was he even aware of hoerful it was?

She blushed, chin resting on her knees, her brown eyes unwavering

‘Okay!’ Sergio flung his aresture that was a nation ‘So I’m realistic in my approach to relationships? I never e slue infor keeps’

‘And you’re always on the lookout for anyone ants to get too close just because you’re rich?’

‘That’s right’ His expression cooled

‘Because you’ve had a bad experience?’ Susie mused