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Soaze as he looked at her and a hundred flashes went on again to capture thatlook

His gaze was molten fire, his mouth a study in sensuality

Every inch of Clio gathered into a tre ball at that heated look He raised her hand to his face and kissed her knuckles, lare of every flash

He played them so well

Clio shivered uncontrollably Gathering her against him, Stefan absorbed the tremors as if his solid, hard body washer and her emotions

“After all these years, it didn’t take us long to realize how perfect we are for each other Ms Norwood has doneto marry me, yes And whoever else has been in her life until now, it’sto the altar with,” he announced, possessiveness and pride dripping with each word, a flash of his Sicilian te his face

It was all an act, Clio reminded herself, a perfectly orchestrated one by a man anted to hit his opponent where it would hurt

The croent ballistic at the direct cut ai in her throat, she clung to Stefan’s hard fra mobbed with more questions

She knew she should speak up, she knew that she was re calm just as she had done with Jackson But for the life of her, she couldn’t utter a word through the tightness in her chest

She couldn’t help but wish, with a powerless fury, that time would turn back

Before Stefan had changed and before she had let herself be lost Before life had woken theritty reality of it all

“Mr Bianco, will you settle down in New York now that your betrothed is here?”

“Will you make New York the base of operations for Bianco Luxury Real Estate?”

For the first tiaze

His grip over her wrist tightened into a vise and she gasped