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He only knew that the wedding was being held in the country soe pub He had the address, but itto him because he rarely saw fit to venture outside London

‘In fact’ He dropped his voice a couple of levels, ‘I’ve been having so that dress’

Susie didn’t want to hear She didn’t want to be reminded that she was just all about the sex and the small talk She also didn’t want to feel the liquid she was now feeling pooling between her legs, ht now

‘Shouldn’t you be focusing on your workandernot havingfantasies about me in a drab brown dress?’

‘You’re cute when you fish for compliments, Susie’

‘I was doing no such thing!’

‘Of course you were You want me to tell you that the dress isn’t brownand it isn’t drab—at least not on you You want h of a hint of what’s underneath to drive any sane man crazy with desire You wantthat dress for me andyou won’t be, then you’re under orders to wear your sturdiest, least attractive bra—because I don’t want any otheron your breaststhose breasts are for my eyes only’

‘Stop’ She hated the way he could make her blood run hot in her veins, the way he could ht from her head

‘I wouldn’t stop,’ hethat in under fifteen minutes someone would tap him on the shoulder and tell hiot to run And’

‘Time is money Yes I know’ It hat he always said, in that teasing voice of his, and it had become their private s that had lulled her into falling in love with him One of the shared jokes which made their relationship feel so inti to him at all

She reotten, which was on the bed next to her

‘I’et back,’ she said flatly ‘Things aren’t going to end until quite late Saturday nightprobably not until the early hours of Sundayaround for the rest of Sunday therecatch up with all those relatives I haven’t seen in such a long time’