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He massaged her breasts, stroked the sides of her belly and then began to tease the skin of her inner thighs until she felt herself starting to respond. With a contented sigh she closed her eyes, and immediately he removed his hands.
    Tomorrow, I want you to spend the night with friends,’he told her as her eyes opened in surprise. ‘I don’t think Chloe will relax if you’re here the first time.’
    ‘Why did you stop touching me?’ she asked plaintively.
    ‘Perhaps I didn’t enjoy watching you and Felipe,’ he said casually. ‘Remember now, tomorrow night I want the house to myself. You understand?’
    ‘Of course,’ she agreed, but after he’d left she didn’t know how she felt about Chloe joining their household, or if she’d been wise to let him see her and Felipe together. With a man like Carlos Rocca, it was always hard to tell.

CHAPTER
    7

    C hloe felt uncomfortable as she got back to the London house where she was now living, and as she put her key in the front door she wondered how long it would be before she got used to it. Admittedly this was only her third night in her new room, so perhaps it wasn’t surprising that she still felt like an intruder, but there was something about the atmosphere there that was putting her on edge.
    ‘You’re late,’ called Carlos, coming out of the drawing room. ‘You work too hard.’
    ‘We’re busy arranging next month’s charity dinner. It’s taking a lot of organising.’
    ‘Remember to get me two tickets.’
    ‘I don’t think you’d enjoy it,’ remarked Chloe, glancing around her. ‘It’s a little downmarket for you and Livia. The Covent Garden function will suit you more.’
    ‘I’d still like tickets.’
    ‘Lizzie will be pleased. She told me today that you’d offered to become our patron when Lady Somerville retires next month. She was very excited about it.’
    ‘I hope she realises that it’s because of you,’ he said with a smile.
    Chloe felt embarrassed. ‘That’s not true. You gave moneyto the Brazilian branch of the charity long before you met me.’
    ‘I never went to any of their social functions.’
    ‘Well, I don’t want you doing things just because of me,’ said Chloe. ‘You’ve done quite enough already, by letting me live here and—’
    ‘That wasn’t for your benefit, Chloe,’ he said softly. ‘It was for mine.’
    She felt her stomach lurch, and started to walk towards the kitchen to get away from him, but he put out an arm and caught hold of her left wrist. ‘Wait, don’t go. We need to talk.’
    Her chest was getting tight, making it difficult for her to breathe, and she could feel herself trembling. She wished that he’d let go of her; his fingers seemed to be burning into her flesh. ‘What about?’
    ‘I think you already know the answer to that.’ His fingers tightened their grip.
    ‘Let me go!’ cried Chloe, twisting in his grasp.
    Immediately he released her. ‘It’s all right, I didn’t mean to scare you, but you must know how I feel about you. I want you, Chloe, I’ve wanted you from the first moment I saw you.’
    She had known – deep down she’d been very aware of his desire – but it frightened her because she couldn’t make sense of it. ‘I’m not your type,’ she protested as he took a step towards her. ‘I don’t know anything about people like you. I come from a different world, it’s—’
    ‘You mean you’re not attracted to me?’
    ‘That’s not what I said, but it wouldn’t work. You’re used to women like Livia, sophisticated, experienced women. I’ve never slept with a man,’ she added miserably.
    His eyes were bright. ‘That doesn’t matter. It only makes you more special.’ As he spoke, he started to run his handup and down her bare right arm and the hypnotic movements soothed but also aroused her.
    The skin beneath his fingers felt as though it was on fire, and when he lowered his head and kissed her gently on the mouth, she trembled violently as