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Yet she still could not resist the te?’

‘Why the hell would you think there’s soely disconcerted by the question when in his experience other people couldn’t read him at all well

‘Because there so obviously is,’ Je eyes So dark and lustrous and sexy and absolute killers when fringed by black curling lashes into the bargain

Unsettled by that assurance, Luciano gritted his teeth

‘You’re so cross,’ Jeently

‘I arowled

‘I’ll justinto the tension sparking like lightning rods through the atmosphere

‘Perhaps that would be best,’ Luciano riposted very drily

Her face flamed and she roamed restively over to the tall s that overlooked flower beds surrounded by low box hedges and an ancient mossy fountain ‘I caht for me’ In emphasis she lifted a foot to show off the shoe she wore and very nearly fell over All dignity abandoned, she grabbed at the back of an arht and hastily put that foot back on the floor ‘Erthese shoes are gorgeous In fact it’s all gorgeous, but with the possible exception of these shoes I can’t possibly accept an entire wardrobe’

‘Why not?’ Luciano shot back at her, startling her with that blunt co to me’

With great reluctance and carefully slow istered why she preferred talking to hi at him Face on he was toohim out to some extent, her soft rateful for your generosity but I don’t believe in accepting expensive gifts from people—’

‘I’m not people!’ Luciano cut in with ruthless bite ‘And I would hazard a guess that you have often accepted such gifts from men—’

‘Yeserbut that doesn’tdone it before, I don’t have to keep on doing it,’ Jeue my ways?’

‘Maybe there are two bluederision