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She subsided, but with an uneasy sigh So much money When she had been so poor

She felt his hand take hers, as if he sensed her unease

‘It will be okay,’ he said

The war, and reassurance, Rosalie discovered, hat she needed over the co days

She was to go on staying at the hotel until they married, when she would move in with Xandros He took her to see his apartazed about her at the spacious expanse and clean lines

‘Not too minimalist?’ he asked

She shook her head It seemed veryintimateto be here with him, alone in his apartment Yet his manner towards her was exactly as it was in public—friendly and easy-going Just that She was glad, because it made her comfortable to be with him, but at the same time

She watched hi hi an array of envelopes She wandered off, not wanting to distract hi into the for the bedroouests and a clear master She stood in the doorway for a moment, her expression uncertain

Would it be her bedroom as well as his?

/> A quiver of uncertainty went through her Since that first evening when they’d dined together he had not kissed her again—not even a peck on the cheek to say hello or farewell She felt a strange little tug around her heart Part of her wanted to ask hi to be, however brief—but part of her could not bring herself to do so

Because in the end did itman she’d ever set eyes on? That since that kiss at the restaurant she had felt an ache, a yearning, that he had awoken in her with that brief touch of his lips on hers?

That wasn’t the reason they were ! That hat she had to re tomore than that And if that was all Xandros wanted of their brief e then she must accept it

Except that strange little tug around her heart ca, bring the colour to her cheeks, ly aware of her own bodyof his

Her eyes went to the huge double bed in theBut would she ever be invited into it? Uncertainty

‘Here you are!’