Her Wedding Night Negotiation by Chantelle Shaw

Author:Chantelle Shaw
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-04-13T14:02:22+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

IT WAS LATE afternoon when the De Valle private jet took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey en route to Italy. Nicky fell asleep almost as soon as they were in the air. He was worn out from his trip to the zoo the previous day and the sleepover—during which, according to Marco’s cousin Chiara, none of the children had got much sleep.

Marco carried the little boy into the smaller of the two bedrooms at the rear of the plane and covered him with a blanket before returning to the main cabin, where Leah was sitting on one of the cream leather sofas.

She had slipped off her shoes and tucked her feet beneath her. He paused in the doorway and studied her. The sharp tug of desire in his groin made him catch his breath. His virgin bride was still wearing the sexy dress she’d married him in. Her mix of innocence and sensuality filled Marco with a restlessness which promised that the flight to Naples would be hellishly frustrating.

With any other woman he would have suggested making use of the plane’s master bedroom to create their own in-flight entertainment. But he had vowed that he would resist the chemistry which had simmered between them when they’d been in New York. Presumably Leah had remained a virgin into her twenties because she was looking for something in a relationship—something that he was damned sure he couldn’t give her, Marco brooded.

It did not help that he was certain she wanted him too. The hungry looks she darted at him when she thought he wouldn’t notice would tempt a saint—and he was far from saintly, he acknowledged with a grimace. He had spent the previous evening alone in a bar, and hadn’t dared return to the hotel until late, when he’d been sure she had gone to bed.

Leah shifted position, causing her dress to ride up her leg and expose a smooth, toned thigh. Marco imagined pushing the dress up to her waist and slipping his hand into her panties... He cursed silently when his arousal was instant and uncomfortably hard. Dio, she made him feel like a teenager with a surfeit of hormones.

He sat down on the sofa opposite her, fascinated by the soft pink stain that ran under her skin as she quickly averted her gaze from him. The stewardess came and served him his customary whisky and soda before retreating to the staff cabin at the front of the plane.

He stretched his long legs out in front of him and took a sip of his drink. ‘You have gone to extreme lengths to claim your inheritance,’ he murmured. ‘What are you planning to do with the money?’

Emotion flickered across Leah’s face but was gone before Marco could decipher it.

‘I want to buy a house. It’s impossible to get on the housing ladder without a decent deposit. My teaching salary isn’t huge, and by the time I’ve paid rent and bills it’s hard to save much each month.’ She gave a faintly wistful smile.

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