She shrugged. ‘They’re tenacious. It was to be expected.’

‘They’re like locusts.’ He laid his palms on the table, his face stark with anger.

Not wanting all the good feeling ruined, she raised a hand to his face and palmed his cheek. ‘Thank you.’

The blue in his eyes darkened, his frame stilling. ‘For what?’

‘For trying to keep them away from me.’

His nostrils flared a touch. He didn’t answer, simply stared at her as if trying to peer into her mind.

She gazed back, drinking him in, the heat inside her—so constant when with him—bubbling beneath her...

And then he dipped his head and covered her mouth with his, holding it there, not moving, just breathing into her, warm champagne-scented air filling her senses until he gently slid his mouth across her cheek and brushed his lips against her ear. ‘Soon, agapi mou, I will do more than just kiss you.’

heart racing at a gallop, she was about to grab his hand and beg him to whisk her away to somewhere private when Zayed joined them, announcing

the traditional wedding dance adored by all Greeks. Over his shoulder, Mikolaj and Tanya grinned and waved,

was so glad she’d gone behind his back and invited them. It hadn’t sat well with her, knowing he would have

fuzzy inside, thinking they had gone behind each other’s

Christian in the centre of the dance floor, each holding an end of a scarf that had been thrust at them. With traditional Greek music playing, Zayed and Stefan chivvied everyone up to form a circle around them, the guests linking hands and, following Mikolaj and the other Greek guests’ example, swirling around them like a circling

and groom, stayed on the dance floor. They danced

on to this moment for as long as she

Soon...

be time to retire to his suite and begin their newly married life in a manner that sent heat surging through her just to

* * *

the door of the suite and, keeping

to touch her and taste her and do all the things he’d wanted to do for so long the ache in his groin had become a permanent part of

been decorated. Flowers were artfully arranged in vases, rose petals had been

said, twisting

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