Inherited by Ferranti (Harlequin Presents)

Author:Kate Hewitt [Hewitt, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Published: 2016-02-29T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

MARCO COULD NOT remember a time when he’d enjoyed himself more. He and Sierra wandered around the airy galleries of the MoMA and, at some point while looking at the vast canvases and modern sculpture, he took her hand.

It felt so natural that he didn’t even think about it first, just slid his hand into hers and let their fingers entwine. She didn’t resist, and they spent the rest of the afternoon remarking on and joking about Klimt’s use of colour and Picasso’s intriguing angular forms.

‘I’m not an expert, by any means,’ Marco told her when they wandered out into the sunshine again. It was August and New York simmered under a summer sun, heat radiating from the pavement. ‘I just like the possibility in modern art. That people dared to do things differently, to see the world another way.’

‘Yes, I can understand that.’ She slid him a look of smiling compassion. ‘Especially considering your background.’

Marco tensed instinctively but Sierra was still holding his hand, and he forced himself to relax. She knew more about him than anyone else did, even Arturo, who had been as good as a father. Arturo had known about his background a little; he’d raised him up from being a bellboy and, in any case, Marco knew his accent gave him away as a Sicilian street rat. But Arturo had never known about his father. He’d never asked.

‘Where to now?’ Sierra asked and Marco shrugged.

‘Wherever you like. Are you getting tired?’

‘No. I don’t know how anyone can get tired here. There’s so much energy and excitement. I’m not sure I’ll ever get to sleep tonight.’ Her innocent words held no innuendo but Marco felt the hard kick of desire anyway. She looked so lovely and fresh, wearing a floaty summery dress with her hair caught in a loose plait, her face flushed and her eyes bright. He wanted to draw her towards him and kiss her, but he resisted.

That wasn’t the purpose of this trip...except now maybe it was. At least, why shouldn’t it be? If they were both feeling it?

‘I’d love to walk through Central Park,’ Sierra said and Marco forced his thoughts back to the conversation at hand.

‘Then let’s do it.’

They walked uptown to the Grand Army Plaza, buying ice creams to cool off as they strolled along the esplanade. Sierra stopped in front of a young busker by the Central Park Zoo, playing a lovely rendition of a Mozart concerto. She fumbled in her pockets to give him some money and Marco stopped her, taking a bill from his wallet instead.

‘Thank you,’ she murmured as they continued walking.

‘Why do you only play in private?’ Marco asked. He was curious to know more about her, to understand the enigma she’d been to him for so long.

Sierra pursed her lips, reflecting. ‘Because I did it for me. It was a way to...to escape, really. And I didn’t want anyone to ruin it for me, to stop me.’

‘Escape? What were you escaping from?’

Her gaze slid away from his and she licked a drip of ice cream from her thumb.

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