Page 15 of Twin Surprise for the Italian Doc
The sparkle in her eyes and the shards of gold in her hair as those curls bounced and swung through shadows and into the gleam of the spotlights over the dance floor.
The way his skin burnedwhenever it touched hers.
He had never wanted a woman as much as he wanted Georgia Bennett right now.
He had to kiss her.
Nothing more, he warned himself as he led her away from the dance floor. This was too special to ruin by moving too fast. This was the beginning of something that made this first night together far too important to enjoy as nothing more than a casual sexual encounter.
But he had to kiss her. To find out whether the touch of her lips—thetasteof her—could actually be as incredible as he believed it could be.
And,Dio mio, it was even more than he had believed was possible.
He had found the woman of his dreams. Gorgeous and clever enough to keep him on his toes. Someone with a passion for the same things in life. A body that was perfect, with just the rightcurves in all the right places. A combination that coalesced into a response to his own that was taking him somewhere he’d never been before.
In love...
Head-over-heels, crazily in love...
‘Ti desidero,’he murmured, when he could finally lift his lips from hers enough to form any words.‘Così tanto.’
It was safe to say how much he wanted her, wasn’t it? She hadn’t given any hint that shecould understand his native language.
But maybe the language of love was universal and it was the tone that said it all, because Georgia’s eyes were huge in this dark corner and they were telling him that she knew exactly what he was saying.
‘Me, too,’ she whispered.
He could feel the way she drew in a quick breath because his hands were still on her ribcage, his hands cradling the deliciousweight of her breasts.
She used that breath to form some more words. ‘My room or yours?’
For a heartbeat, Matteo froze, and that in itself was shocking. At any point in his life before this, he wouldn’t have hesitated in accepting such an invitation from a beautiful woman. Sex was one of life’s greatest pleasures after all.
But this was different.
Georgia was different.
And this...connectionbetween them was so new. So beautiful but also fragile.
What if she thought he was only interested in the sex? That it meant nothing more than that?
Or what if he rejected the offer and she disappeared because she thought hewasn’tinterested?
He couldn’t think straight. And then he saw the tip of Georgia’s tongue appear and trace the outline of her bottom lip.
He could barely muster any wordsin Italian, let alone English.
‘I haven’t got... I mean it might not be...safe...’
He could feel the movement of her body between his hands as she pressed herself closer. She lifted her face, inviting him to kiss her again.
‘It’s safe,’ she said softly, her eyelids lowering to shutter her gaze. ‘I promise.’
A promise was a vow and Matteo let his eyes drift shut as he sank into the astonishingway her lips responded to his. The touch of her tongue sealed his fate. He trusted her.
How could he not trust the woman he knew he was destined to marry?
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