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But noith her seductive, addictive war to caress hi this insanity wouldn’t be as easy as he’d thought

But resist he had to The guilt that had ridden him from the very moment he’d slept with Perla still resided beneath his chest It fought savagely with his intense attraction but it never went away

I re in your past

She had no idea how accurate that was

‘Okay, I’ll honour et out of here? The valet attendants are beginning to get frantic at the backed-up traffic’

A quick look in the rear-view mirror confirmed her words With a twist of the wheel and a foot on the accelerator, he squealed out of his hotel’s driveway and onto the freeway The sound of the throaty engine drowned out his thoughts for the precious few seconds it took to regain a little bit of his control

Masculine pleasure at the purr of the powerful engine beneath him soothed his turbulent pulse and he inhaled slowly

Next to rowing, alone or with his brothers, powerful engines like these were his passion Except he didn’t get to indulge enough It was probably why he’d succumbed to temptation—

Stasi! Enough with the excuses Perla had hit the nail on the head They’d been ith temptation and he’d succu no better than his father would be to ain

‘Ari, could you slon a little, please?’

A quick glance showed her death grip on the bucket seat He cursed under his breath and eased off the pedal ‘My apologies’

She nodded and her fingers relaxed ‘What did you want to talk to nalled off Connecticut Avenue and slid to a stop in front of the Greek restaurant Perla didn’t know it but it was one of his favourite restaurants outside of his homeland

As they were led in, he found hiain The way her black dress hugged her tight behind, the way her black wrap caressed her shoulders and her black heels o on for ever

His thoughts screeched to a halt She earing black again And not just a touch here and there but black fro a statement

Was she?

‘You’re scowling again’

They’d reached their table and she was already sitting dohile he stood beside it, arrested by his crazy thoughts He gritted his teeth, pulled out his chair and sat down