A Deal With Di Capua by Cathy Williams

Author:Cathy Williams [Williams, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780373131723
Amazon: B00BNRHKIY
Goodreads: 17382862
Published: 2012-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

WHEN ROSIE TRIED to compare what she and Angelo had now with what they’d had three years ago, she was at a loss. In a lot of ways, it was piercingly sweet and achingly familiar, and in many other ways it was as though she was involved with a completely different human being.

He had built an impenetrable barrier around himself and there was no way she could get past it. She had known that within days of them recommencing their relationship, if it could be called “a relationship.”

Rosie gazed out of the kitchen window to where the vegetable plot she was cultivating was beginning to take shape. On the upside, the catering was doing well. That first job, nearly six weeks ago, had generated several others and she now had a girl from the village who came in to help her when needed.

On the downside...

She stared at the bowl of chopped vegetables awaiting her attention.

Her body had never been more fully satisfied. Their love-making was fast and furious and always left her completely spent. Angelo would come down on a weekend, and he would stride into the cottage with one thing and one thing only on his mind, and her body would weakly and helplessly respond. He never stayed the night. He returned to sleep at his own mansion, to which she had yet to be invited.

There was a part of her that knew just how pathetic that was, how low her self-esteem must surely be to find herself in a situation where the only thing that mattered was sex. Deep down, Rosie knew that that was the huge difference between what they had now and what they had had then. In her mind, she labelled her old relationship as “before fallout” and before fallout, she’d been a girl madly in love, where every touch was invested with significance and every kiss carried the promise of a future.

There was no future in what they had now and that was made abundantly clear in a thousand different ways. Angelo was assiduous when it came to using protection, which was a blessing, but she got the message loud and clear that very first time—her body had been screaming for him and he had calmly donned protection, whilst informing her that any mistake that could possibly lead to an unwanted pregnancy would be nothing short of catastrophic.

The past was never mentioned. Underneath the surface, she could feel the ugly swirl of unanswered questions struggling to rebel against their imposed silence.

Why had he married Amanda? Had he loved her? Had it just been the sex? What had happened to the marriage?

On the single occasion when she had tried to introduce what had happened between them three years previously into the conversation, she had watched as the passion on his face was replaced by a cold, shuttered expression that had sent a chill down her spine.

Rosie wondered how long she would be able to last. How long before she cracked under the

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