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...

flickered and pulsated low within her, her body responding to

her purse. If he looked at her now, he would see the colour

whether deliberately or not. Even her grandfather, a man she’d thought full of morality, had lied. Only after his death had she learned he’d had an affair decades ago—with her new sister-in-law’s mother, no less. If her grandfather could lie to the

only man she

to think what the cause of Christian’s delay

with the doctor?’ he

She bit back the question of whether he would attend any further appointments with her. It would save him having to lie. It would save her

‘Your blood pressure?’

normal,’ she said, anticipating further questions along the same vein. Feeling more on an even keel and in

was a crisis at Bloomfield Bank and I had to

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

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