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His bags must have arrived earlier, for as well as a whole sheath of official-looking papers littering the desktop there were lots of precious-looking things lying around the place A pair of gleaolden cufflinks stamped with an intricate crest, a beautiful silver-backed hairbrush inlaid with jewels They looked priceless and ancient—but evenher of the intis
A robe hung over the back of a chair—its rich, satin folds cascading down like liquid silver White shirts gli crop, with a worn leather handle which was leaning against a door Cathy sed down her apprehension and wondered how soon she could decently leave And yet if she was being honest—wasn’t there a part of her which could have stayed close beside him all day?
‘Very different,’ he murmured as his eyes continued their unashamed scrutiny
Her heart was beating out a frantic rhythe helped keep her face cohness,’ she answered matter-of-factly ‘I have a new uniform’
He looked at the buttons which trailed so enticingly down the front—and which seenificent breasts contained ‘So what happened?’ he questioned unevenly ‘Did you gain so made?’
Cathy suspected that Rupert had deliberately told the dresshter—but she could hardly turn round and admit that Disloyalty to your boss was not an adht have deserved it And neither was answering back this insolently rude prince—no matter how much he deserved it
‘None that I’m aware of,’ she said woodenly
Xaviero found his gaze travelling over her undulating curves No, if she’d gained any weight at all, then it had been a coain, because there wasn’t an ounce of flesh on her which shouldn’t have been there Hers was not a fashionable shape, he decided—much too rounded for er which underpinned the desire of every ical imperative which subliminally announced to the onlooker that soft hips and full breasts equalled fruitful and fertile
He felt his ly sweet torture of his tightening groin Those nificent breasts looked as if they should never be sullied by the wearing of clothes—andthem as quickly as possible She looked like one of the naked wo in the Throne Rooaze at with surreptitious longing during his teenage years
Yet this wo to him as he had anticipated she would Xaviero studied her with interest Today she wasn’t sending out those delicious coes which hadHer eyes weren’t telling hiain—in fact, on the contrary, she was regarding hiht use if she had suddenly found herself alone in a roo snake And as that? Especially when this time they were not in a public place Rather, one which conveniently had a bed in it—and his guards would not disturb hiave the her back?
Xaviero’s eyes narrowed Unless she really did desire the ht him to be more than the man he really was! A woman more turned on by a painter and decorator than a ious royal houses in Europe And, inexplicably, this thought excited hi he could remember
‘So which is the real you?’ he drawled softly ‘Did I catch you unawares the other day, all soft and natural Or is this…showgirl appearance your usual look?’ Irresistibly, his eyes now strayed to the generous curve of her bottoht that a prince would respond favourably to the rather obvious signals you’re sending out today Aht, Cathy?’
He said her name quite differently fro to caress the first syllable as if he were kissing it And even though she was di her with that sexy drawl of his, that didn’t see It was as if she had no power at all over her reaction to hiht to resist hi at her pulse points and her throat seemed to have constricted so much that she could barely stu so presuhness’