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He wanted her again What the hell rong with hiain when he had already had her so many times? She had to be sore too, he re a selfish bastard As soon as he heard the deep, even tenor of her breathing sink into sleep, he eased out of the bed, went for a cold shower and got dressed

Nothing in Vito’s ht before He hadn’t had a one-night stand in many years and none had been extraordinary on any level Sex was sex, a temporary release and pleasure He was practical about sex, cool about sex His desire had never controlled him and he would never let it do so But then he had never ever been intiain, and his voracious hunger for Holly even after having her downright unnerved hi with hi ordeal of the publicity fallout he had endured over the past week? In his opinion it certainly wasn’t normal to want a woman that much It smacked of unbalance, of unhealthy obsession It was fortunate that their tirimly

Even so, it was Christ Holly’s birthday and it bothered hiift-giving and other people’s high expectations of his gifts that he felt very uncomfortable in that situation In an effort to make the day special for Holly he decided to make her breakfast in bed He couldn’t cook but how difficult could it be to e juice and toast, couldn’t he?

Holly was stunned when she blinked into droakefulness because Vito was sliding a tray of food on to her lap She stared down in wonderment at the charred toast ‘You made me breakfast?’

‘It’s your birthday It’s not much but it’s the best I can do’

Holly tried not to look at hihth wonder of the world but that was certainly how he struck her at that iven Holly breakfast in bed before, no, not even when she was ill It was a luxury she could barely even ione to that much effort to spoil her thrilled her So, she didn’t ave her athat had not been reh the charred toast without coht that counted, after all, and that Vito had thought touched her heart In addition, the effect of having Vito carelessly sprawled at the foot of the sa She res they had done and tried desperately to feel guilty about them But it didn’t work One look into those inky-black-lashed dark golden eyes of his and she was shot off to another planet

‘Thanks,’ she said even though it took great effort to locate her voice

‘I’reat in the kitchen If it had only been for me I would have cooked one of the ready meals,’ he admitted

‘It was very thoughtful of you’ Holly was registering how very lucky she was not to be facing roast e juice, which was so cold it froze her teeth As she drained the glass she pushed the tray away and he swept it up and put it on the floor

He carace of a stalking cat and her et up, organise lunch,’ she framed shakily

‘Way too early for that, bellezzaher cheek and his luxuriant black hair brushing her chin as he bent his head to press his mouth to the pulse point below her ear

And her whole body went into free fall as though he had hit a button Breath fled her parted lips as she sank back into the pillows and gazed up at him with luminous blue eyes ‘Vito—’

He closed her ht of his own ‘No, we don’t talk,’ he told her after kissing her breathless ‘We already know all we need to know about each other’

‘I don’t even knohat you do,’ she began

‘I’m in business…and you?’