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He had just begun to kiss her un to ring Idiotically she had answered it only to discover that the caller was one of her more difficult clients anted to discuss her idea for a new ot rid of the client Marco had got dressed, soing to take second place to her business

The incident had shown her that he would always have it his way and she had not ain Or had herlife around hih; she had wanted todeep inside her which she had only recently begun to recognise was showing her that she was the kind of woed to be the hub of her family, both as a wife and a mother She didn't want to be on the other side of the world helping a client to choose the right paint shade for her new decor, leaving her partner to come home from work to an empty house and an empty bed

When she did marry and have children, she wanted to be the one those children ran to with their small everyday triumphs and hurts She enjoyed her work, and she was proud of the ways in which she had built up her business, but she knew that it was the pleasure of creating a happy environment for those she loved that truly e bank balance

Nonetheless Marco was the kind of e, and it had made her feel a bit better when, later, he'd adht It could not have been any more than she had ached for him she knew Less than three months after they had first met he had asked her to move in with him And then they'd had their first quarrel, when she had discovered that

he'd expected her to give up her business, saying iive her an allowance that would more than compensate her for any loss of income

'I want to be with you’ she told hiive up my financial independence Marco I don't want your money’

So what do you want?’ he demanded, almost suspiciously

‘You’ she told hiotten, as he was appeased by her bold request—or so she had thought It was only later she had learned that, far froifts, he was both suspicious of her and slightly contee had given her, she would not be in the situation she was now

CHAPTER THREE

THEY had shared such wonderful ood things in life as well He had the air of so But whilst soance, and had teased hiently about it Emily admitted that shed enjoyed the new experiences to which he'd introduced her Marco had taken her out several times a week but best of all as a lover he hadn't just fulfilled her fantasies, he had exceeded them and then taken her with hiined existed

Within weeks of the lovers she had been so exquisitely sensually aware of him that just the touch of his hand on her arm or the look in his eyes when he'd needed her to know that he wanted her had been enough to have her answering with a look of her own that said ‘Please take me to bed' Not that they had alwaysandher to new pleasures, so

her quickly and erotically in venues so nearly public that she blushed guiltily afterwards when she reht—orhim more as time went by rather than less, as her own sexuality and confidence grew under his expert guidance

The first Christiven her a beautiful three-carat dia design of her choice Emily knew that it had surprised him when shed asked him instead to make a donation to her favourite children's charity

Marco hadn't said anything, but on her birthday he had taken her away to a romantic hideaway and made love to her until she had cried with joy He had then presented her with a pair of two-carat dia her, 'I have sent a cheque of equivalent value to your charity’

It had been then that she had realised that she had done the unforgivable and fallen in love with him!

Yes How very foolish she had been to do that He was back in their bed now but lying with his back to her Outside, the gale that had begun to blow earlier last evening hurled itself against the s as the storm increased in force