“You know he reminds me a little of Art, only different,” Piper said.

“The contractor?”

“Jean-René. He flirts. All the time, but there is no sexual heat behind it.”

“And there was with Art.”

“Yes. He accused me of being immaturely jealous, but after seeing Jean-René in action, I can say definitely that the intent behind the flirting makes all the difference.”

“Yes, Jean-René is a Frenchman. He flirts with a ninety-year-old grandmother as warmly as he would a runway model.”

Piper nodded. “It’s all about making a woman smile, without making her feel like sexual prey.”

“Art did not understand the difference?”

“How could he? Any woman even halfway attractive to him was sexual prey.” The disgust that tinged Piper’s tone was a definite improvement over the grief that used to lie so heavily on her when she talked about her ex.

and Piper

hugged him, right there on the stairs. “No,

in offering her own since they reached the villa. He didn’t know if that was because she blamed him for her possible pregnancy, though she’d said she

pregnancy into account, or not. He’d also resisted talking any more about his past. It was over

her into the bedroom and closed the door behind them. “Are you ready to

the window, she did not answer for several seconds. “I

leave here.” He

I want to

she wanted to know. There was only one thing causing worry

and convince her to marry him

shoulder, caressing her nape with his thumb. “I

her expression soft and yearning. “Do

“Can you doubt it?”

her, to touch her, to show her that in

was exactly what he

doctor. She wasn’t even

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