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Even more than that, he wanted to see her hair spread over his pillow And he really, really wanted to explore that beautiful mouth Tease it with kisses until it opened beneath hishim deepen the kiss

Kyrios He couldn’t re

But right now she was in his arood

The stranger’s touch was perfectly decorous, Madison thought And yet so close enough for her to feel his breathing, hear his heartbeat And he had a perfect sense of rhyth her round the floor so effortlessly that it actually felt like floating She’d never been so in tune with a dance partner before

They didn’t speak as they danced—they didn’t need to—and suddenly everyone around the on a little terrace overlooking a garden in Tuscany, just the two of theht…

She shook herself Of course not This was London And if it wasn’t for the fact that she’d deliberately stuck to sparkling water because she was responsible for the way things ran tonight, she would’ve been sure this heady feeling was fro through her veins

The fact it was all fro with him scared her and excited her at the saly to anyone before Even Harry

Part of her wanted to ask the stranger what his na would break the spell And right now she didn’t want it to end Just the two of the and the soft jazzy piano counterpointed by the double bass and guitar

Two and a half minutes had never passed so slowly

Or so very, very fast

When the song ended and his hands dropped fro

And then he bowed to her, lifted her right hand and kissed the pulse on the inside of her wrist

She could barely breathe

His eyes—dark and as sexy as hell—held hers ‘Thank you’