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‘I’ve given the press a story that will melt their cynical little hearts,’ Dante said, knowing his tone was sending the temperature in the room into a rapid decline. ‘The real thing.’

The frown in her brow deepened.

‘The real thing?’ Eva asked, her voice as softly decadent as whipped cream.

‘Si. Love.’ The word was like poison on his tongue, making it swell, and his next words sounded thick. ‘I’ve provided them with a true romantic fairytale.’

Without looking up, Eva gave a little scoff of disbelief and began to scratch at the arm of the sofa, making patterns of what looked like love hearts. ‘And who is the heroine in this fabricated tale?’

Dante smiled the half-smile that never failed to make women weak at the knees and tumble backwards onto a satin-covered mattress.

‘You are, tesoro.’