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.It was only for a fraction of a second, but it would linger in her memory for the rest of her life.Their eyes met as he drained the small cup in one movement.Then he walked over and placed it on the coffee table.‘The rain has stopped, so I must go.Thank you for being such a delightful hostess, Kira.I don’t like to mix women and work, but as you aren’t quite on my payroll yet…’Before Kira knew what was happening she was in his arms.He took complete control as his body spoke for them both.His lips were cool and totally irresistible.She dissolved under the pressure, and he was there to catch her.Despite all her good intentions, she let herself reach out to him.She delighted in the delicacy of the thin, smooth skin stretched taut over his finely drawn cheekbones.Her fingers ran through the silkiness of his dark hair as she drew him ever closer to her, hungry to experience every nuance of him.In response, his fingers stroked lightly over her bare arms, forming a prison she never wanted to escape.When he began to draw away, she instinctively tried to follow.Gently, he detached her arms from his neck.Holding her hands between his, he squeezed them lightly.‘No.After what you have said to me today, Kira, I know you would never forgive yourself for mixing business with pleasure,’ he said, his expression carefully innocent, but a wicked sparkle in his eyes belying his words.‘I’ll tell my staff to get a draft contract out to you as soon as possible.Until then, goodbye.’Lifting his hand to his lips, he blew her one final kiss, and then strode right out of her house.It was all Kira could do not to rush after him.Fighting every instinct, she forced herself to stay exactly where she was.She wanted go out and wave him off, but a man like Stefano would see that as his right.Women were probably doing it every day of the week.It would do him good to think there was one woman who didn’t keep him at the centre of her universe.The thought gave Kira a funny twist of pleasure, and she almost smiled.The racket his helicopter made as it roared into life was almost as hard to ignore as its pilot.Kira only went out onto the veranda when the throbbing engine sound had dwindled away.Stefano’s helicopter was high in the sky, reduced to the size of a child’s toy.It made several slow circuits overhead like a bird of prey, and then headed off swiftly in the direction of Florence.This time she really did allow herself to smile.Kira had run from romance for years.After that first disastrous affair with Hugh, she vowed never to get entangled again.And now Stefano Albani breezed into her life, attacking the walls of her reserve.She told herself it didn’t matter, as the way she was feeling had nothing to do with love.Her heart was not involved.That meant there was no danger she could be hurt a second time.Her response to Stefano was on a purely physical level, and that was how she intended to keep it.He aroused her body to a pitch she had never before experienced.It was unprecedented, startling, but at least it was simple.It was love that would complicate matters, and Kira had absolutely no intention of allowing that.Stefano was a happy man as he flew back towards Florence.He hummed a snatch of Don Giovanni to himself, revelling in the comfort of his air-conditioned cockpit.The Bella Terra estate was what life was all about.That was why he worked so hard, and put up with all the long hours and pressure.His features sharpened with their usual hawklike intensity.Memory was a savage goad.Whatever he had to put up with, he could do it in luxurious surroundings waited on by dozens of staff.As a teenager he had heard English tourists talk of their villas in Tuscany and vowed he would live like them one day.Whatever they could do, he would do better.It had taken him nearly twenty years, but he had managed it.He was going to own the most beautiful valley in all Italy.His blue eyes veiled.It contained the most beautiful woman in the country as well.The enigmatic Miss Banks might well prove a bigger challenge than he had at first anticipated.Her failure to be swayed by his wealth or reputation made her unique, in his experience.A slow smile spread over his face the more he thought about her.Novelty wasn’t the only reason why she leapt into his mind.Kissing her senseless had kindled a need for her within his body.The temptation to carry on softening her resistance beneath his lips and hands had been difficult to resist.It had threatened to overcome him, but he had conquered it.There was no shortage of sex in Stefano’s life, but his reactions to Kira Banks felt somehow different.For once in his adult life, he was wondering less about her beautiful body, and more about the woman within.He found himself wanting to see her again.That thought made him feel uneasy.Miles away and far below, Kira shared his feelings.It had taken her so long to get over the horror that had been Hugh Taylor, she was determined never to be taken in by a man again.Yet Stefano Albani made her feel weak at the knees.And weak in the head, she told herself crossly, but it was impossible to think about him and frown.That was a revelation.Her only experience of men so far had ended in tears.Now, for the first time in years, a man was forcing her to reconsider.Stefano hadn’t made her cry.In fact, every time she thought about him, she smiled.That will have to stop, she told herself sternly.Memories usually knocked all the daydreams out of her head.Thoughts about Stefano didn’t.Instead, she was filled with a wonderful warm feeling.It was such an unfamiliar sensation it took her a while to recognise it as lust.Shy amusement engulfed her in a wave of embarrassment, but that vanished when she caught sight of the envelope lying on her table [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.It was only for a fraction of a second, but it would linger in her memory for the rest of her life.Their eyes met as he drained the small cup in one movement.Then he walked over and placed it on the coffee table.‘The rain has stopped, so I must go.Thank you for being such a delightful hostess, Kira.I don’t like to mix women and work, but as you aren’t quite on my payroll yet…’Before Kira knew what was happening she was in his arms.He took complete control as his body spoke for them both.His lips were cool and totally irresistible.She dissolved under the pressure, and he was there to catch her.Despite all her good intentions, she let herself reach out to him.She delighted in the delicacy of the thin, smooth skin stretched taut over his finely drawn cheekbones.Her fingers ran through the silkiness of his dark hair as she drew him ever closer to her, hungry to experience every nuance of him.In response, his fingers stroked lightly over her bare arms, forming a prison she never wanted to escape.When he began to draw away, she instinctively tried to follow.Gently, he detached her arms from his neck.Holding her hands between his, he squeezed them lightly.‘No.After what you have said to me today, Kira, I know you would never forgive yourself for mixing business with pleasure,’ he said, his expression carefully innocent, but a wicked sparkle in his eyes belying his words.‘I’ll tell my staff to get a draft contract out to you as soon as possible.Until then, goodbye.’Lifting his hand to his lips, he blew her one final kiss, and then strode right out of her house.It was all Kira could do not to rush after him.Fighting every instinct, she forced herself to stay exactly where she was.She wanted go out and wave him off, but a man like Stefano would see that as his right.Women were probably doing it every day of the week.It would do him good to think there was one woman who didn’t keep him at the centre of her universe.The thought gave Kira a funny twist of pleasure, and she almost smiled.The racket his helicopter made as it roared into life was almost as hard to ignore as its pilot.Kira only went out onto the veranda when the throbbing engine sound had dwindled away.Stefano’s helicopter was high in the sky, reduced to the size of a child’s toy.It made several slow circuits overhead like a bird of prey, and then headed off swiftly in the direction of Florence.This time she really did allow herself to smile.Kira had run from romance for years.After that first disastrous affair with Hugh, she vowed never to get entangled again.And now Stefano Albani breezed into her life, attacking the walls of her reserve.She told herself it didn’t matter, as the way she was feeling had nothing to do with love.Her heart was not involved.That meant there was no danger she could be hurt a second time.Her response to Stefano was on a purely physical level, and that was how she intended to keep it.He aroused her body to a pitch she had never before experienced.It was unprecedented, startling, but at least it was simple.It was love that would complicate matters, and Kira had absolutely no intention of allowing that.Stefano was a happy man as he flew back towards Florence.He hummed a snatch of Don Giovanni to himself, revelling in the comfort of his air-conditioned cockpit.The Bella Terra estate was what life was all about.That was why he worked so hard, and put up with all the long hours and pressure.His features sharpened with their usual hawklike intensity.Memory was a savage goad.Whatever he had to put up with, he could do it in luxurious surroundings waited on by dozens of staff.As a teenager he had heard English tourists talk of their villas in Tuscany and vowed he would live like them one day.Whatever they could do, he would do better.It had taken him nearly twenty years, but he had managed it.He was going to own the most beautiful valley in all Italy.His blue eyes veiled.It contained the most beautiful woman in the country as well.The enigmatic Miss Banks might well prove a bigger challenge than he had at first anticipated.Her failure to be swayed by his wealth or reputation made her unique, in his experience.A slow smile spread over his face the more he thought about her.Novelty wasn’t the only reason why she leapt into his mind.Kissing her senseless had kindled a need for her within his body.The temptation to carry on softening her resistance beneath his lips and hands had been difficult to resist.It had threatened to overcome him, but he had conquered it.There was no shortage of sex in Stefano’s life, but his reactions to Kira Banks felt somehow different.For once in his adult life, he was wondering less about her beautiful body, and more about the woman within.He found himself wanting to see her again.That thought made him feel uneasy.Miles away and far below, Kira shared his feelings.It had taken her so long to get over the horror that had been Hugh Taylor, she was determined never to be taken in by a man again.Yet Stefano Albani made her feel weak at the knees.And weak in the head, she told herself crossly, but it was impossible to think about him and frown.That was a revelation.Her only experience of men so far had ended in tears.Now, for the first time in years, a man was forcing her to reconsider.Stefano hadn’t made her cry.In fact, every time she thought about him, she smiled.That will have to stop, she told herself sternly.Memories usually knocked all the daydreams out of her head.Thoughts about Stefano didn’t.Instead, she was filled with a wonderful warm feeling.It was such an unfamiliar sensation it took her a while to recognise it as lust.Shy amusement engulfed her in a wave of embarrassment, but that vanished when she caught sight of the envelope lying on her table [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]