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When they had first h she hadn't known then that her desire for him would enslave her emotionally as well as physically And if she had would she have behaved differently? Would she still have turned on the heels of those expensive Gina shoes shed been wearing and have tip-tapped away from him as fast as she could?

Ehts shadows to conceal the pain in her eyes—a pain that would betray her if Marco saw it It had been just before Christmas when she had first noticed that he'd see into hiht at first hedown, but now she was beginning to fear that the source of his discontent ht be her and their relationship

If his withdrawal had begun in the months immediately after the accident in which Marco had lost both his parents, she rief that was responsible After all even aas unemotional as Marco did was bound to suffer after such a trau he had done on his return was take her to bed without saying a word about either the funeral or his fa love to her fiercely and almost compulsively

Marco had rarely talked to her about his childhood, and never about his family That had suited her perfectly at first She had looked on her relationship with him initially as a necessary transition for her froe across the chas her past from her future, her passport to a new life and womanhood Because even then she had hoped that, one day she would find a true partner: a man hoive her love as freely as he would give his to her; a man hom she could have children

But how foolish she had been, how recklessly unaware of the danger she had been placing herself in It had siht fall in love with Marco! He had been totally open with her about the way he lived his life and what he looked for in his relationships: whilst they were together she could rely on his total fidelity, but once their relationship was over, it would be over, full stop He wanted no emotional commitment from her nor should she expect one fronant

‘But what if there's an accident and?’ she asked him uncertainly

He stopped her immediately ‘There will not be any accidents’ he told her bluntly ‘With modern methods of contraception, there is no reason why there should be an accident—if you have any reason to suspect there may have been, then you must ensure that the situation is rectified without any delay’

She wanted him too much to allow herself to admit how shocked she was by his cold-hearted attitude Instead, she told herself that it didn't really matter, since she wanted to wait to have her children until she had found the right father for theht man for her

Marco had pursued her so relentlessly and determinedly and she had wanted hiht have had had been totally overwhelenerated between the of the word lust Her every waking thought—andto be like when he took her to bed

Thanks to the kindness of her first employer, who had passed on to her some of his clients when she had started up on her own she had established a good and profitable business, which earned her enough to enable her to visit one of London's erie shops in search of the kind of discreetly provocative underwear her fevered iht and excite Marco Within a week ofthe seductively skimpy bits of silk and lace to work, just in case Marco appeared and insisted on taking her to his apartment to consummate their relationship It made her smile now to res she had iht happen

Her fevered i the reality of her reaction to Marcos skilled love He had undressed her slowly and expertly, in her pretty bedroo her quivering body wait for his touch And then, even when he had finally touched her his caresses had been tantalisingly—torertips and lips, which had fed her longing for so darker and far more intimate

Just thinking about it noas enough to o ith longing for him She remembered how she had tried to show him her impatience, but Marco had refused to be hurried His lips had teased the tight flesh of her nipples, and his fingers had brushed her belly and then stroked lightly against her thighs whilst she had sighed with arousal His hand had parted her thighs, his fingers stroking over her sex his touch er