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His sensual mouth pressed into the sensitive skin of her throat ‘Don’t move I’ll do all the work’

And he did, repositioning her, gently rousing her fro into her with exquisite precision She heard herself gasp and then ed up and overpowered all her anxious thoughts Excitement took hold and she trembled with need as his sht her responses or the uncontrollable wave of ecstatic sensation that swept her to an explosive climax

‘What a wonderful way to wake up,’ Vito groaned into her tu a wife could be some for breakfast?’

Behind her hair, Holly rolled her eyes She was married to one of those horrid people who ca Either she stayed in bed and saw very little of hi to the shower running and watched hith of his unspeakably beautiful body mostly exposed Herroom and opened another door Closet doors were rammed back, drawers opened and closed She scrambled out of bed and ran for the shower before she could be te on minimal make-up, she brushed her hair and extracted some of her new clothes to wear because a pair of jeans and a washed-out cotton top didn’t seerandeur of the Castello Zaffari

Clad in beautifully tailored chinos and a filmy blouse in autumn shades, she slotted her feet into canvas shoes and went out to join Vito He looked as he had the day she had confronted him at the Zaffari Bank: cool, sophisticated, remote, very much the banker And at the sa cufflinks into his cuffs or brushing his cropped black hair

‘Who wears cufflinks these days?’ Holly prompted

Vito shrugged ‘We all use them at the bank’

‘Not at the cutting edge of fashion, then,’ she h his dark suit was incredibly well tailored to lovingly shape wide shoulders, a broad chest, narrow hips and long, powerful legs Just looking at him, she wanted to touch him

‘Breakfast,’ he re for the door

The castello was silent until they reached the ground floor where vague signs of industry could be heard somewhere in the distance Silvestro entered the hall and looked taken aback to see them He burst into Italian and Vito responded with quiet amusement

‘Why does everybody think I should be staying ho room

‘Maybe…because you should be?’ Holly dared ‘Just married and all that…’

Silvestro fussed round the tableunnecessary adjustments while Vito translated all the many options Holly could choose for breakfast As the older man sped off Vito lifted one of the financial newspapers piled at his end of the table and began to read it and Holly wondered whether she should have stayed in bed She wanted to go and see if Angelo ake but she didn’t want to leave Vito lest he leave for the bank while she was gone

She had already decided to confront Vito about that phone call she had overheard Apollo ht ht well have been while they were still wrapped round each other in bed But soing her downstairs awakened her temper

‘I overheard Apollo talking on the phone to someone at our reception yesterday’