‘It’s been my pleasure.’
And it had been.
He didn’t want the evening to end.
What was there to stop him leaning in for a kiss?
Nothing.
Except he’d given his word that nothing physical would happen between them again until they were legally married and he would keep that promise even if his testicles exploded with frustration.
‘Are you working tomorrow?’ She rubbed a hand up her arm, the movement pushing her breasts together. The image of dusky pink nipples immediately floated into his mind and with it came the thickening of his blood he was fast associating to feeling when with her.
He had to assume it was a simple case of forbidden fruit tasting sweeter. Like the child in the sweet shop who had no money and salivated over every piece of delicious confectionery on offer.
guests are arriving in the evening. I should be back to
our love and unity,’
the soft skin. He could
‘Can you?’
the sake of our child,
raised a hand and pressed it to his fingers still resting against
look in his eyes, the desire in them that darkened the blue. She’d seen that look before,
stepped away before either of them had the chance to act on
on his heel
the breath she expelled was one of
* * *
Alessandra got out of bed early, not long after the
she shrugged on a short, lime-green sundress and slid her feet into a pair of wedged espadrilles, then grabbed her camera and headed out of her suite. As she made her way up the corridor, she passed
Was he still sleeping?
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