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“Lord knows how I didn’t visit you last night. I came close.”
Оглавление“What stopped you, Drake?” Nicole picked up a pebble and sent it skimming across the water. The movement startled a flock of white corellas that exploded into the air in protest.
“I have to let you decide what you want.” He glanced down at her. She wasn’t wearing makeup—she didn’t need any with her skin—not even lipstick, which he found strangely erotic. “Which isn’t to say I’m going to wait a long time.”
“For me to decide to sleep with you?” Her head tilted, her eyes more green than blue in the shade of the wide-brimmed Akubra.
“You will, whenever, wherever. We both know it.”
She looked back at the peaceful, unspoiled scene. “It could be a mistake. Neither of us is exactly reconciled to the past.”
“I’m trying, Nic. You find it very hard to trust.”
“I’m concentrating on getting my life right.”
“You think increasing intimacy with me will interfere with that?” His tone was deeply serious.
She nodded. “I can’t deal with you like I’ve dealt with other men in my life.”
