Promoted To The Italian's Fiancée (Mills & Boon Modern) (Secrets of the Stowe Family Book 2) by Cathy Williams

Author:Cathy Williams [Williams, Cathy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2021-04-15T13:13:27+00:00

He called. Of course, Izzy should have known that he would want to talk to her to find out how Rosa was doing, but she was still flustered when he phoned that first time, pretty much as soon as he landed in Chicago. The dark timbre of his voice sent shivers racing up and down her spine.

It brought to mind the devastating impact of his kiss, the way his mouth on hers had made her feel. It also brought to mind what he had said. He had put his cards on the table, told her that he was attracted to her and then he had walked away, leaving her thoughts in a jumble.

He didn’t pursue the conversation or make any suggestive remarks when he spoke to her on the phone. The fact that he was acting so normal, as though nothing had been said between them, fuelled her fevered imagination like nothing else could have done.

He was on her mind to an extraordinary degree, even though she was as involved as always with Rosa, taking her to pick fruit in Evelyn’s garden and drawing pictures of flowers, while Evelyn studiously gave them both little lessons on their names and origins.

She found herself waiting for his debrief call, which duly came just before Rosa was to be settled for the night. He chatted to her while Izzy faffed and tried to subdue a rush of heady excitement and, when he did ask to be put on the line with her, she had to breathe deeply and count to ten before she could speak in a normal voice.

‘Yes, everything’s just great... We had a really busy day... Went to Evelyn’s for tea... Rosa ate all her dinner... Oh, I’m sorry to hear that Bella is going to be in a bit longer than expected. Yes, see you tomorrow... Oh, you’ll be back late? Never mind, have a safe trip...’

Afterwards, she replayed the conversation in her head and wondered whether there was anything to read between the lines. Had he completely forgotten about that kiss? About what he had said afterwards? He was a man of the world...maybe he was accustomed to that level of sophisticated, nonchalant flirting that didn’t necessarily go anywhere. She’d reassured him that a repeat performance wouldn’t be on the cards, so why was she so let down at the notion that he was simply doing as asked?

The more she thought about him telling her that he hadn’t been able to resist that kiss, the more she burned with the forbidden desire to take things further between them.

It contravened all her resolutions never to get wrapped up with the wrong man again. Gabriel Ricci could not be more wrong. And yet...

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