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Taking that chance would strip her soul bare, would let him see into her heart, and therein lay the problem

She didn’t want to give Vale that power over her future Didn’t want to beco because she’d tasted love and couldn’t hold on to it, forever searching to feed a hunger that couldn’t be satisfied

No, she didn’t love Vale and would never, ever allow herself to be that foolish

CHAPTER FIVE

FAITH tossed and turned in the enoriant bedroom their suitcases had been placed in How could she sleep when eventually Vale would return? Would be sleeping in the same room? Possibly crawl between the sheets beside her if she didn’t stay awake and order him to the sofa?

Although his fa but kind to her, she?

??d had a difficult ti How could she fit in when their conversation ran fro thetheir thighs liposuctioned in Beverly Hills?

Which should only serve as yet another reminder of why she shouldn’t become involved with Vale this weekend Despite how dedicated he was to his career, to finding a treatment or, better yet, a cure for Parkinson’s, the reality was he moved in a different world from that she did

A jiggle of the doorhandle had her breath catching Vale

Peeking through barely open eyes, she took in the outline of his sleek body in the doorfra

Softly, he closed the door, walked over to the sofa and sank down onto the leather She could feel his gaze on her, could feel his presence so overwhelly that she swore the room pulsed with him His scent His aura His heartbeat

Forcing her breathing to re sleep She couldn’t deal with hiht regret

Might, because she wasn’t sure

Perhaps not doing so action?

She just didn’t know, didn’t have the experience to know, and for that reason she’d pretend to be asleep to avoid having to act