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Оглавление“One night with the last of the all-time playboys?”
Rachel continued wryly, “It had to be a disaster.”
Riccardo drew in a little breath as if she had punched him unexpectedly.
“I see your point,” he admitted levelly. “What I don’t see is why.”
He put a hand on her waist. It felt hot, burning. Suddenly Rachel was having trouble getting her thoughts together.
“Why?” she echoed.
“Why it had to be just one night,” he explained.
Rachel stared at him. Desperately she reminded herself that, however practiced he was, she had the measure of him. She might be shaking, but she had built some defenses in the past nine years. Now she activated them. She pushed at him, head down, outraged.
“Get out of my house.”
He gave ground, but he did not look defeated.
“There’s unfinished business between you and me, Rachel. You know it and so do I. Nothing either of us can say will change that.”
