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‘Any port in a storm?’ Poppy remarked without amusement ‘I’m here in the bed and, as you see it, available, so I should be interested?’

Gaetano leant closer, his stubbled jaw line propped on the heel of his upraised hand as he gazed down at her with absolutely gorgeous dark golden eyes ‘I’ood, bella mia You wouldn’t be disappointed’

Poppy was as frozen with fear as a woht be But insidious heat and dahs, striving to work their wicked seductive ic on her resistance In fact she could feel her whole body literally wake up, sit up and take notice of Gaetano’s offer He was offering her what she had once desperately wanted but on terms she could never accept ‘I don’t want to be used’

‘I’m surprised you’re so narrow in your outlook Wouldn’t you be using me to scratch the same itch?’ Gaetano enquired softly

Her whole face fla her narrow back defensively on hiht helplessly ‘No, thanks,’ she said chokily, unsure whether she wanted to laugh or cry at his blunt proposition ‘If I want et it just about anywhere’

Gaetano stroked a long brown forefinger down her taut spinal cord ‘Sex withYou set ioia mia’

Poppy rolled her eyes He was so slick and full of confidence but that caressing touch lingered with her, lighting up little pockets of ness inside her treacherous body ‘I’ll keep it in mind If my itch has to be scratched I will seriously consider you,’ she lied stonily

‘What more do you want from me?’ Gaetano asked silkily ‘I’m honest I’m clean I don’t lie or cheat’

‘It doesn’t stop you fro a four-letter word of a ht Italian lovers were supposed to be the last word in seduction You just turnedtime’

‘I was respecting your intelligence by not shooting you a line,’ Gaetano traded with husky ah his dark deep drawl in a sexy, accented purr

Poppy pictured herself flipping over and slapping hienious head Her own teeth gritted aggressively Without warning she was also i back into the hard, allmale heat of hiainst hers And that sensual i hot all over Her nipples swelled and prickled and the heat in her pelvis mushroo anting, she reasoned with the sexual side of her nature, but it wasn’t enough on its own Gaetano wasn’t the edly