The Flaw in Raffaele's Revenge (Harlequin Presents) by Annie West

Author:Annie West [West, Annie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Published: 2016-05-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

HOURS LATER, LILY still cringed when she thought of the frantic way she’d clung to Raffaele, begging for more.

One touch of his lips was all it had taken for every defence to collapse, laid waste by his caresses and her desperate hunger.

She’d been so needy she’d thought she’d explode with wanting. Another kiss like that and she’d probably have climaxed where she stood. It almost made the years of waiting worth it, to experience such incandescent pleasure.

Raffaele was a master of the sensual arts. No wonder he hadn’t wanted to continue the experiment. She’d been gauchely overeager, lost to everything but the wonder of her first kiss.

Twenty-eight and kissed for the first time!

And the last, if tonight was any indicator.

Lily groaned and swung around to pace the darkened room. There was no danger of tripping over anything. She’d retraced her steps thousands of times in the last few hours, unable to settle while she was so awash with fury, frustration and embarrassment.

Why, oh, why had she let him dare her into taking a risk? Into believing after all these years things had changed and her scar didn’t matter?

Had she really thought Raffaele was attracted to her? The kiss was all about curiosity on his part and she’d left herself wide open to hurt.

Her ribs seemed to contract around her frantically beating heart. She’d believed Raffaele different. Caring, despite his ruthless streak and patent expectation of always getting his own way. She’d never believed him cruel.

But what he’d done tonight...

Oh, get over it! You were only too eager to kiss the man. You can’t blame him for pulling back. Just because you’re besotted—

Lily slammed an iron bar across that thought. She was not going there. Not now. Not ever.

She was going to do what she always did. Pick herself up, dust herself off and get on with life. Bury herself in work. Strive to achieve.

Except she’d left her laptop in his villa and nothing, not even a tsunami, was going to propel her back there.

Her gaze went to the view beyond the window, the pale crescent of sand and dark glitter of water. There was one way she could expel this restless energy. Spinning on her heel, she crossed the room, reefing off her top and bra. Her skirt slithered to the floor and she stepped out of it, then her underwear, tugging pins from her hair. Naked, she grabbed the new swimsuit, obliterating any thought of the man who’d given it to her as she dragged it on. Of course he hadn’t chosen it personally.

Moments later she was closing the door of her villa, breathing the sweet scent of blossom in the resort gardens and the tantalising saltiness of the sea. She took a step, only to slam to a halt as she saw something on her private patio.

Someone, not something.

In the starlight he looked impossibly tall as he vacated the chair and stood.

‘How long have you been here?’ The words were staccato beats, crashing through the silence. Adrenaline blasted her bloodstream, triggering heightened awareness.

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