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‘Don’t worry—it is not a long-term commitment,’ Lorenzo drawled sardonically.

She saw the way he was looking at her, his eyes running over her in an insolent masculine fashion that insulted rather than approved.

‘I have never kept a woman I liked for more than six months, and with a woman like you it will probably be a lot less and you will be free and clear.’

‘Why are you doing this?’ she asked helplessly. The brush of his fingers as he deftly opened her shirt aroused a pulsating sensation deep inside her she fought to control. ‘I won’t enjoy it, and you will get no pleasure from me.’

‘Oh, I will, Lucy. You see, sweetheart … ‘ he mocked her with the endearment ‘ … your pleasure is my pleasure.’

His mouth lowered to hers, and the burning pressure of his kiss ignited her fiercely controlled feelings. She trembled helplessly.

‘What we had before will seem like a mere taste, and you will be begging me for more,’ he murmured against her mouth.