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Was that what had set off the restlessness inside of him? The fact that Valentino was ed Tino his happiness; quite the contrary He loved seeing his older brother so fulfilled, and e into matrimony himself One day in the distant future when he met a woman asn’t either completely obsessed with her own career, or the potential lifestyle his could provide for her

Of its own accord his o, when Valentino hadup in a Sydney bar when a stunning blonde in come-take-me stilettos had approached them Ruby Clarkson had introduced herself and explained how Miller needed a date for an up-and-co business event Tino had ju Sam and the blonde woman at a loose end Since they both worked for the sa shop and trading war stories until the bar had closed and kicked theht to end, Sam had offered to walk Ruby home and that hen the trouble had started

His blood heated predictably at theOr what had nearly happened outside her apart incredibly attracted to her, he’d ht, tell her it had been nice to ood luck with her current case, but somehow she’d ended up in his arms and as soon as his lips had touched hers he’d been lost She’d lit a flahbour had co for her errant cat

Later his brother would tell him that he had looked as if he’d been hit over the head with a golf club when he’d first caught sight of Ruby at the bar, and Tino had been right From the moment Sareen ones he’d coht

It had been the sa just last year He’d taken one look at Ruby in her dusky pink bridesh split and decided to hell with it, he’d finish what they’d started the night they’d met and be done with it That was until her date, some urbane banker-type, had stepped up beside her and ruined that particular fantasy

Sane he hadn’t wanted and told hiet it Told himself that it was for the best Ruby was his new sister-in-law’s best friend and nothing good would co potentially aard later on down the track Instead he’d forced hieous Sydney socialite and he’d been about to leave with her when Ruby had co back into the reception room

A ses of his lips She’d been in such a flap she hadn’t seen hi instead to let her run headlong into the circle of his arms as if he were just as startled by the contact as she was

She’d stared up at hi coeous body pressed against his like Velcro on felt, her breathing laboured, and the htly in her lovely green eyes For a split second his overly active i back to find him To tell him that she’d ditched her date and wanted to leave with him Wanted to take him back to her place for the ‘coffee’ he’d stupidly passed up on the night they’d first met

Then his oldest brother, Dante, had walked into the empty room and completely obliterated the moment

‘Sa?’ he’d said smoothly

Considering Sa out if Ruby still tasted as delicious as he re, and the big idiot had known it!

Ruby’s eyes had gone frolazed to mortified in the space of a heartbeat and she’d pushed out of his arms just as her date had arrived to find out what had delayed her