The Greek's Pregnant Bride

Chapter 16

Dio l’aiuti—God help her—she would have to share a bed with him on occasion.

And, dio l’aiuti, the thought made her heat from the inside.

Ever since that particular aspect of their talk, it had felt as if a glow had been lit inside of her. His lips against her ear, his breath whispering on her skin...the heat it had ignited...

When he entered her apartment, impeccably dressed in a fashionable navy suit and striped pale-yellow tie, her heart made an involuntary skip. It skipped again when she caught his clean, freshly showered scent.

‘My apologies for the delay,’ he said, leaning in to give her the traditional kiss on each cheek.

Two little kisses; two tiny brushes of his lips against her skin, the hint of his warm breath on her...

her, her body responding to his proximity like a bee to a field of

him and opening her handbag on the pretext of checking her purse. If he looked at her now, he would

that morning. He’d called late last night to say he’d been delayed but would make it to her before lunch. She hadn’t been surprised. Men always made promises they had no intention of keeping. They told lies, whether deliberately or not. Even her grandfather, a man she’d thought full of morality, had lied. Only after

man she trusted was her

want to think what the cause of Christian’s delay could have

did it go with the

he would attend any further appointments with her. It would save him having to lie. It would

‘Your blood pressure?’

questions along the same vein. Feeling more on an even

There was a crisis at Bloomfield Bank and I

a smile. ‘After all, it’s not as if we’re married or anything.’ She couldn’t

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