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As tian to feel efor their next instruction She was a new bride, barely one day h of her already He probably had, Rosie thought, her sto, broke, and unsophisticated She brought nothing but her passion to the ht, she reassured herself He’d been so caring and sexy

She tapped her fingers on the table asdown as she strained her ears for signs of the helicopter returning, and she almost jumped out of her skin when she heard the buzz of rotor blades approaching Now she was angry with herself for being so self-obsessed What if Xavier had had a problem, and that hy he was late?

The stewards rushed to move her chair as she bolted from the table

‘I’ll be back,’ she called out happily One good thing that had resulted from her in-depth study of the vessel was that she could find her way to the helipad blindfolded

He landed and saw Rosie at once He wanted her with a madness that consus he’d been planning on his way back ‘You waited forher

‘Xavier, I—’

Taking hold of her arht across the deck and down to their stateroom

‘Xavier—’

He slaht of his body, he silenced her with a hungry kiss

‘Xavier, you can’t—’

‘What can’t I do?’ he de the wisp of a dress from her shoulders There was no need to rip it, as it fell off at a touch Her skin felt so smooth and warm beneath his hands The memory of her body was still so fresh in his mind She was so beautiful and desirable, and he was so painfully erect

‘Xavier!’

So in her tone stopped him dead