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Holly whirled back at the door ‘That’s nonsense I’m not a kid My body, my choice’

Vito snatched in a ragged breath, still reeling from the shock of her innocence He hadn’t told her who he was or indeed anything important about himself She didn’t, couldn’t understand that in his position he was innately suspicious of anything as unexpected as their encounter and on top of it the very tardy revelation that she was a virgin With his experience, that revelation had s of some kind and he had ienda Now gazing into her troubled face, belatedly recognising the hurt and sadness there, he wanted to kick hi her like some sort of scam artist

‘I’m sorry…’ Vito breathed abruptly ‘I let my surprise push me into an overreaction, Holly Of course, it’s your choice…’

Souarded ‘I didn’t even think of warning you And if I had thought of it, I probably would’ve been too embarrassed to mention it’

‘I wrecked the ement He moved forward to close his are, it felt like the best thing in the world to Holly Her stiffness slowly ebbing, she rested against hily hard, ainst hers ‘I also neglected to tell you that e shared…it was a’

‘You’re just saying that,’ she mumbled

‘No It was aed, easing her in a different direction, inexplicably keen to keep her close even though so him to step back

A a man said for the sake of it? He had flipped the situation on its head again and she didn’t kno he had achieved that She blinked in surprise as the lights illuer bedroom than she had expected, airily furnished in stylish tones of grey

Vito pushed open the door of a very spacious en-suite ‘You first…unless you’d like company in the shower?’

Holly gave him a startled look ‘I don’t think I’m ready for that yet’

Vito laughed in appreciation and bent down to clai kiss that made every skin cell in her body sit up and take notice ‘I’ll ask you again in the ,’ he warned her

Holly’s attention skated to the giant bed ‘We’re going to share the bed?’

‘There is only one bedroo to take the sofa’

‘No, I won’t banish you to the sofa,’ Holly breathed with a sudden grin as she slid past hihts or feelings She only knew she didn’t want him to sleep downstairs on the sofa and away fro

She stood in the shower feeling astonishingly light-hearted for a worained in her as her usual honesty But ht and it was hard to credit that anything that had felt so natural and right could possibly be wrong After all, they were both single and nobody was being hurt by their being together What hare in a relationship instead of trying to plan everything or wait for son? And why on earth was she feeling guilty about Ritchie when he had cheated on her?