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She snapped out of her memories as Matteo finished his call and walked across the wooden floor Her heart began to skip and her stoentleman since they’d left the restaurant Faultless Too faultless Attentive and caring and kind He’d asked after her kneeasked was she still hungry? Could he prepare her so her some wine? Could he kiss her here and here?

He paused in the doorway, his white shirt unbuttoned at the neck and the dark shadow of hair and ain she felt that deep tug in her core But she didn’t fight it—she couldn’t The battle ell and truly lost

‘I’ his arm around her waist

He delivered another soft, leisurely kiss to her lips and then pulled back and smiled at her Just as he’d done several times already in the past hour

‘I hope you don’t ’

‘I guess there’s never any real downtime in your world There’s always soh net worth people h maintenance’

‘You’re right And I can’t pretend that that’s my favourite part of the job You know, in the suatta for charity All the big na, yes? But it’ll be full-on Entertaining can be draining’

‘Yes—so I witnessed tonight’

‘But you were the best possible antidote,’ he said, leaning in for another kiss ‘I’d never have thought I’d hear reat tied her close and started to trail kisses on her neck ‘Thanks to you’

Once again she felt herself es rise up within her She turned around in his ar to feel his lips on her ht he was going to finally lead her off to bed he cooled the the beat and the heat of their passion

She’d never had an experience like it