“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.

Or rather, he only flirted with intent and since he and Piper had begun their liaison, there had

right there on the stairs. “No, you

drew away from his displays of affection, she had been more circumspect in offering her own since they reached the villa. He didn’t know if that was because she blamed him

did not know whether they needed to take a pregnancy into account, or not. He’d also resisted talking any more about his past. It was over and done.

door behind them. “Are you ready

the window, she did not answer for several seconds.

here.” He began divesting himself

want

not ask what she wanted to know. There was only

him despite the lack of love between them. It would be the

his thumb. “I

her expression soft

“Can you doubt it?”

Waited for him to kiss her, to

exactly what he

wasn’t even a little

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