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“Sometimes it is worth taking a risk, no matter what the consequences.”
“She made him feel guilty at times. The problem was that she was so honest herself, almost transparent. It seemed criminal to be deceiving her.”
“It wasnt often he met someone who had her emotions so on display. Most of the women he knew were interested in more material things and kept their emotions well hidden beneath a mask of sophisticat...”
“Rosa had achieved the sort of serene and confident happiness that Tamsin had never really known. She was connected to Roberto in a way that made Tamsin long for something similar. A man with whom s...”
“It was a perfect moment and she was shocked to feel a tear roll slowly down her cheek. The warm droplet reached his finger where it lay against her skin, and even though it was far too dark to see ...”
“Perhaps it was the darkness and secrecy that lent an extra layer of excitement to their meeting? Certainly, all of her other senses felt heightened to an almost unbearable extent. She couldnt see, ...”
“She hated him she hated everything he stood for. But when they said hate is akin to love they were certainly right. Because she needed him with every fibre of her being. And hard as it was to admi...”
“The first time he wrapped his arms around her and bent his head to caress her lips with his, she was caught by surprise and felt a breathless tingle shoot through her. Was this it, she wondered?”
“Shed been feeling pleased with a couple of moves, had thought she was gaining the upper hand. But shed been overconfident. Shed failed to notice his stealthy approach until he turned the tables on ...”
“If he spoke, he knew that he would break the spell. As soon as she knew her Romeo wasnt coming she would be disappointed. She would doubtless be angry with him, perhaps even sense that it was someh...”
“He was looking at her with that intense blazing gaze the one that made her feel she was the only woman in the world. Oh God, dont let him get to her. Shed tried to raise her defences against him, ...”
“Just at that moment she glanced towards him and saw him smiling at her, his eyes lingering on her with warmth and an indefinable something else. Her heart caught in her chest”
“Roberto knew that he now had the power to influence the future. He needed to send a message back, and whatever he chose to say would affect Rosa and would help to guide her future choices. He felt ...”
“As soon as the torch went out the atmosphere of the forest intensified. As her eyes slowly became accustomed to the darkness she started to notice the outlines of canopies above them where trees we...”
“Benedicts hand clenched by his side, still tingling where it had touched her. He wished shed let him do more. It was so romantic out here in the darkness; the cool breeze rustling through the trees...”
“Ironically, just when she needed to get as much sleep as possible to prepare her for the next few days, her excited anticipation kept her awake long into the night.”
“He looked at her and could see she was trembling, her face even paler than usual and her eyes wide and vulnerable. His heart went out to her and he reached towards her, gathering her much smaller h...”
“Another tear appeared and then another, trailing silently down her cheeks. This was so much harder than shed thought it would be. She was usually so articulate, yet at the moment her brain seemed t...”
“It was wonderful to see the sparkle back in her eyes. He wanted to keep it there. For the first time in years hed found himself actually caring about how someone else felt. Hed been spending so muc...”
“You may not mean to, but you do seem to look down your nose at many of us mere mortals muddling along down here. I feel as though you think everyone should be better than they are. I certainly thin...”
