‘What’s the alternative? For you to stay here in Milan to face the press on your own? You wanted my support and I am trying to give it to you.’
‘Why do I need to leave? Why can’t you stay here?’
‘I need to be in Athens. I have important business commitments coming up this week.’
‘Are you saying your commitments are more important than mine?’
‘No.’ Swearing, he gripped hold of his mug. ‘Yes.’
Looking at her, he could see she was fighting the urge to punch him in the face just as her brother had done.
Such passion.
On the surface, Alessandra Mondelli was the epitome of cool sophistication. Scratch beneath it and the passionate, sultry woman emerged like a vibrant butterfly emerging from a chrysalis.
to have experienced that
passion was
again. He knew it and she knew it too; he could see it in the way the pupils of her eyes dilated when their gazes met, the way her breath hitched when they
She still wanted him.
his loins tighten and the dread of their forthcoming
would be
have to wait. He’d given his word not to make a move on her until after their
both our obligations, but in this instance I’m afraid my commitments are more important than
help and advice. So many of his compatriots were struggling; it
‘That’s just...’
he said, knowing perfectly well it was an alternative she would dismiss out of hand. ‘You can stay at Villa Mondelli.
would
options: stay here alone to deal with the press you hate so much, stay with the brother you’ve just disowned or come to Athens with me where the press can’t
‘Then I stay.’
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