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Her green eyes pierced into him He could see how much it pained her to have to say, ‘I need your help’

He placed his hands on her waist ‘Put your arms around me’

‘Do I have to?’

‘No It’ll probably be safer for you though’

This tiritted her teeth for real

Tilting her head to the side and away fro care not to touch hi but the loosest of fashions

Deliberately, he closed the sainst his chest Not for the first time that day he felt a flicker of excitement stir inside him It was nice to knoasn’t dead fro in recent months

As it was such a short distance for her feet to reach—although if she’d been a few inches taller she would probably have reached the ground fro her down onto terra firma

She swayed into hiainst his chest, her arhts

‘I’m sorry,’ she muttered

‘I’m not’ He slipped his arms around her waist to support her liainst the contrasting hardness of his body She really was incredibly cuddly She was also clearly unwell ‘Can you walk?’

‘Yes’ There was a definite air of defiance in her affirs rather than him ‘Do not carry me’

‘Co for us’

Half dragging her, Pepe soed to manoeuvre Cara the ten metres or so to the Land Rover

Christophe Beauquet, the vineyard’s current owner, was behind the wheel waiting for theet out and welcorunts when Pepe helped Cara sit down in the front

Pepe leaned over to strap her seat belt on, trying to ignore, again, her gorgeous scent He could hear her furious sing, knew she was doing her best to keep back what her body was so desperate to expel Her hand still clutched the sick bag

‘She needs to look forwards,’ he explained before ju into the back of the four-wheel drive