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'When did he learn to do that?' Rio demanded
"That's the first tied it'
Clasping the cot bars, big blue eyes very wide, looking as surprised as
a baby could be at finding hiave them a
huge grin But then he o of the top
bar and he fell back onto his bottom with a howl of disappointment
With a husky laugh of amusement, Rio lifted Timothy up into his arms
'You were brilliantMum and I were really impressed!'
After that excitement, it took a while to persuade Timothy back into the
notion of going to sleep but eventually tiredness won the day
'Mum and Dad will be home soon,' Holly told Rio at
the top of the stairs
'No, they won't be They're spending the night in a local
hotel-'
Holly blinked in confusion 'I beg your pardon?'
'I made my first visit here yesterday afternoon while you were out
shopping with Timothy,' Rio confided rather tautly 'Your parents
invited ested I visit this
evening when they would be out, but they orried that that wouldn't
give us long enough to talk over our differences-'
'I don't believe thisMum and Dad didn't breathe a word to me!' Holly
gasped
'It was spelt out toyou
to come back to me, so I came up with the
hotel idea-'
'Putting them out of their own home?' Holly exclaimed in dismay
'They've never stayed in a hotel in their lives!'
'I knowthey told me' Rio smiled down at her with considerable
amusement 'And your mother was thrilled at
the prospect'
'You are so sneaky You got them on your side-'
'We're quits You've got my mother on yours' Rio
traded wryly
'Like heck I have-'
'Is this your bedroom? Oh, I love all the flowers and the frills,' Rio
teased, grasping her hand and tugging her inch by Inch over the
threshold and closing the door
He lets, beautiful dark
golden eyes bright with adoring intensity as he gazed down at her He
brought his mouth doith immense tenderness on hers and she trembled
Less patient, she pushed forward into the sleek, hard, fath
of his ood just to be held but
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even lorious to know that she was truly loved and to feel the
unh him as she kissed him
back
'You are so beautiful and I love you so much it hurts,' he husked
against her reddened lips, his breath fanning her cheekbone 'And every
tiht never have met you it terrifies the life out
of me, amore'
'I love you too,' she er to express that love,
hands sliding beneath his sweater to glide over his hard ribcage,
hiainst her and haul her even closer
And then the excitement took over and clothes were shed with breathless
energy between frantic bouts of kissing There was a whole extra
di, for they had spent three utterly miserable
weeks apart, and being together again felt like a very special gift In
the afterether, full of peace
and contentment
Holly struggled to recall what they had been talking about earlier and
blushed at the ease hich she had forgotten that conversation
'What was that you said about youron my side?' she
whispered curiously
'She came up to London because she was upset about the way she'd treated