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Andrea’s sudden smile touched her like a kiss, and Maddie had to overcome the urge to take a step backwards. Because that would be a damaging act of self-betrayal that she could not afford.

But she could not control the faint breathlessness in her voice. ‘Don’t—call me that.’

‘You think it is more deception?’ he asked softly. ‘I promise it is not.’

The amber gaze studied her, lingering on her breasts and then travelling slowly down the rest of her body, as if he was imagining what he would see if the robe were gone.

‘You were lovely before, Maddalena. Tonight you are breathtaking.’

‘And stop talking like that.’

Her words were falling over each other. Stop looking at me. Stop standing only a few feet away. And, dear God, stop smiling as if you already knew everything there is to know about me. Because that scares me far more than any number of hours in a locked room.

She rallied. ‘You have no right—no right at all.’

‘I have any rights I choose to impose,’ he drawled.