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She blinked up at him

‘Just like that?’ she blurted out, surprise ripe on her face

‘Absolutely’ Because once Dareone o down to dinner, o to bed—separately, of course—and to I’ll drive off into the sunset and it will be as if we never met’

‘Sunrise,’ she corrected

‘Sunrise’

‘That sounds’ She squared her shoulders, pulling the silk of her blouse tight across her high breasts ‘That sounds like an excellent idea’

Yes, it was

‘Shall we?’ He directed her to precede hi as he didn’t put his hands on her

Which was a bit like telling a three-year-old to keep his fingers out of an open cookie jar, Dare thought ruefully two hours later as the dessert plates were cleared

For thehad worked well Benson was a consu about the history of the local village and how it had changed He especially enjoyed hearing stories about his mother as a child It surprised him to hear that she had been a rebellious child with a wild streak, but it shouldn’t have It was that side of her, after all, that had seen her fall in love with his conman of a father, and also the side that had seen her knuckle down and go it alone instead of turning to her father for help

Benson had openly admitted that he hadn’t kno to handle either her, or her after their mother had died and for the first ti the past

But for all his focus on the conversation and enjoy could dull his awareness of the slender redhead beside hi under the table, every tilt of her wineglass against her lips, every soft laugh as she joined in the conversation ratcheted up his desire to finish what they had started earlier

It et the attraction between them ‘just like that’

And noith all the barriers to the a hard ti himself that his promise to disappear from her life hadn’t been just the teensiest bit impetuous

And ould be wrong with spending a night or tith her? She was an adult, he was an adult