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Poppy coh it’s none of your blasted business—I did plan to have sex that day with Toby but I changed my mind because it wasn’t what I really wanted’ No, what she had really, really wanted that day, she acknowledged belatedly, was to wander off into the shrubbery and be ravished by Gaetano, who had dominated her every juvenile fantasy Sadly, however, Gaetano hadn’t been an option

‘Poor Toby’ Gaetano frowned

‘He was very decent about it,’ Poppy muttered in mortification ‘He’s married to one of my friends now’

‘But there must have been someone since then?’

‘No’

Gaetano continued to stare at her as if she were a circus freak ‘But you’re so full of passion’

Only with you The words remained unspoken

Gaetano lifted his coffee with a slightly dazed expression in his shrewd gaze ‘I’ll be the firstreally?’

Poppy shrugged a shoulder ‘But if you think it’s likely to be a turn-off I can always go and look for a one-night stand’

‘Don’t even think about it,’ Gaetano growled

‘That was a joke’

‘It’s not a turn-off, simply a surprise,’ Gaetano admitted flatly ‘OK, I’ll wait until we’re nificant to you But I think you’rean unnecessary production out of it’

Her body was all he wanted from her, Poppy interpreted painfully At least if she was his legal wife, it would feel less de, wouldn’t it?