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But, prior to his disappearance, Da unfaithful, she reently Now she had this one last chance Maybe she had run out of chances But he orth the effort She tiptoed back to the bedrooht eyes upon him Oh, yes, he was still worth a one for ever!

Wrinkling her nose, she up-ended the glass and drank deep Then she stripped off her clothes She put on perfume, made careful use of her small stock of cosmetics and fussed endlessly with the blonde hair that tumbled round her shoulders in no particular style As she usually wore her hair up, she had got lazy about getting it cut She wondered if old vodka went off in strength and decided she had better drink so Damiano had ever wanted just once Not that prude he had left on the sofa To prove that to herself, she walked naked out to the hall storage cupboard to dig out a box of keepsakes she had chosen not to leave behind in the town house

Daerie the day before their wedding The upfront guy spelling out his expectations, fantasies, hopes No doubt, he had not appreciated just how outright intiesture or how deeply shocked her late father had been by the sight of such an intiift, for naturally the older man had demanded to knohat had been in that wretched box and she had just cringed

Eden slid into whisper-thin lilac panties and anaked, she decided, bracing herself She was beginning to feel a little strange…kind of skittish, enervated, gripped by theto knohat had hit hi herself up into her new and more adventurous persona

Daonal sprawl across the divan Late afternoon sunshine was filtering through the thin cotton curtains at theFrom the foot of the bed, she eased up into the space left by the wall She studied Da jawline and beautifullyhis powerful pectorals, the s muscles

Just the thought of touching hied further up the bed, ludicrously fearful of awakening him She bent over him, mesmerised by the slow rise and fall of his chest, the soft rush of his breathing and finally by the vibrance of hiers very lightly on his ar beneath her hand She tensed but the need to express how much she loved him in the only way that seemed left was more powerful

Lowering her head, Eden pressed her lips to his taut, flat stoue over his skin The taste of hi body, stirring her breasts, pinching her nipples into straining buds The scent of him was an unbelievable aphrodisiac to senses starved for so long Her hand settled to a powerful an to ease back the sheet

But with a slu her He laced his fingers into her hair to draw her up to hi and that control was no longer hers before he had clairy kiss Raw need raced through every fibre of her shaken body in response Settling strong hands to her waist, he lifted her over hie her into potent contact with the virile force of his arousal

The heat he ignited fired an almost painful ache deep in her pelvis Eden quivered, a helplessher Al up to her forearms, he held her back from him

Stunned dark as night eyes clashed with hers ‘Eden?’ he faltered in apparent disbelief ‘Che cos’ hai?’

It was one of those ghastlyto istered that Damiano had automatically responded to her caresses before he was even properly awake, a burning tide of red skimmed up her throat to scorch her discomfited face She watched in a state of stricken paralysis as his attention zeroed in on the scanty bra and brief set she wore He blinked Then he looked again with the kind of fixed attention which only accentuated his shock

‘Per a at?’

Prior to getting into the bed, Eden had nourished a co up to snatch her to him with keen hands and mercifully silent enthusiasm Instead, Damiano had pulled back fro what had to be the craziest question he had ever asked her

‘And why are you dressed like that?’ Damiano enunciated with a level of incredulity which only see with every second that passed He now focused on the high-heeled shoes which she had put on and kept on

‘I…I don’t knohat you expect ed hopelessly slurred, the words tu an even deeper frown between Daed ebony brows

‘Have you been drinking?’ Damiano questioned rawly

‘Well, er…a bit—’

‘So…’ Darowl, black eyes blazing to gold as he scanned her guilt-stricken face ‘You had to hit the bottle to get back into bed with me?’

‘Yes… Iin dis