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‘I am what I am—’

‘Too set in your ways to change?’ Polly skimmed back thinly

‘We have only been married for a couple of months What sort ofthis soon?’ Rashad derided

Polly paled at that sardonic recap and intonation and turned away ‘I’ to bed’

‘I’ritted teeth

‘No, you’re walking out on s you don’t want to deal with!’ Polly conderily

Rashad settled storolden eyes on her and froze ‘Very well I will stay’

To talk? To share? Or to prove her wrong in her contention that he’d walk away sooner than deal with difficult issues? With a deter Rashad shed his clothing Watching himlean, hard hts, she pulled on a robe and went into the bathroom to remove her makeup

Noas furious with her, she ruminated wryly Golden fury had blazed like the heat of the sun in his beautiful eyes But he wouldn’t adry Nor would he raise his voice or lose his temper His absolute control of his e hands because she was so wound up she felt as though sheround inside her

Seeing her in his first wife’s jewellery roused ‘unfortunate ht in that wretched amber necklace and wished she were Ferah? What else was she supposed to think?

Rashad studied Polly’s slender figure The silk of the robe outlined the rounded curve of her derriere and delicately shaped her pouting breasts, hinting at her prominent nipples His reaction was instantaneous and it infuriated hiripped hith of that craving disturbed him as much as his loss of self-discipline Hard as a rock, he stepped into the shower and put the jets on cold but it didn’t help because all that out-of-control eerous rip tide threatening to drag hi h

is need to be close to Polly in the only way he knew

Share his ? He did not want to relive his unhappy e to Ferah The tomen could not have been more different, he conceded heavily Polly wanted to talk about sensitive issues but Ferah had refused to talk and had brooded on her disappoint with the bitterness and self-pity that had eventually plunged her into long depressive episodes How could he even consider sharing that unlovely truth with Polly?

Polly undid the robe and wondered if it would be a little ridiculous for her to put on a nightdress because they had had a disagree to bed but her own skin a nightdress would be like e, she glanced uncertainly at Rashad as he strode out of the bathroo dark golden eyes and she noticed, really couldn’t help noticing, his condition

‘Yes, I want you,’ Rashad intoned thickly ‘But then… I alant you’