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“Get her pregnant, and she’ll play you for a fool,” Novros said lazily He stroked the polished wood of the door fra this house A very clever girl—and beautiful to boot Send her to me, won’t you, when you’re tired of her?”

After theblankly at the wallpaper across the study

Louisa had said she was on the Pill He’d blindly believed her He’d told himself Louisa Grey would never tell a lie He, who trusted no woman, had trusted her!

Cold rage slowly built up inside hi to beconant?

She’d had ample opportunity He hadn’t used a condonant now

Placing his hands on his desk, he pushed hi his eyes as he clenched his fists Then he went out into the garden

He found Do

“Darling, I’ve been waiting for you for so long,” she purred She shiold dress She reached up her arave a seductive laugh “It took you so long”

Coldly he pushed her away

“Go home, Dominique,” he said “The party is over”

And leaving the pa behind him, he strode toward the terrace, where he saw the source of his desire, his suffering and his fury Louisa

Chapter Five

COLORFUL paper lanterns swung across the trees in the breeze, illuarden above the black shimmer of the Bosphorus far below as Louisa cleaned the dishes from the terrace

Dessert was over Most of the guests had swiftly disappeared, returning to their rented villas or to nearby hotels, gorgeous wo off, seduced by each other and the exotic sensuality of Istanbul

Louisa looked up when she heard a trill of low, fehter She heard the murmur of Rafael’s low voice in answer