A REASON FOR MARRIAGE

in obvious uninterest—almost as if she was aware of someone watching her, but had no idea who or why. His earlier impression of her

shifted slowly back to his, held

eeks… The frown on her face before she quickly looked away. Her reaction was even funnier than he'd imagined, and Simon grinned inwardly.

e and then a uninterested shrug in reply, before the woman in the red gown, as Simon was already calling her in his mind, turned away to acc

having women throw themselves before him like sacrificial offerings, this certainly wasn’

ng, Simon had never been naïve enough to believe it was his looks alone which attracted women to

gging red gown—a woman who made him hard just from look

r engaged? Or perhaps in

and slender hand Simon could all too easily imagine moving caressingly over his much darker skin in a pastime his arousal also approved of as he felt h

ouldn’t have left her alone for a minute, at the mercy of the pack of h

the

some cases a few weeks, of enjoying each other’s company— and bodies—was the limit of any

verse to permanent relationships than Simon until he’d met Evelyn a month ago, and fallen so quickly in love wi

e same time as he was aroused and hard just from looking at the way that fitted red gown clung so lovingly to all those voluptuous a

ly made his excuses to the women crowded about him bef

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e for the tall, dark and arrogantly handsome man who had deliberately caught her gaz

to offer a simple apology? If this wasn't a sign to go home, then what was it? She had recognised him almost immediately she saw him,

ned to curl over his ears and nape, and his emerald-coloured gaze was now narrowed and assessing, set in an arrestingly handsome face that looked as if it might have been carved from mellow gold stone: high and hard cheekbones, a long blade of a nos

es! It was perhaps unfortunate—for him—that Sara knew just by looking at him that h

asked, as one corner of his lips tilted upwards. "I'd have

"I wouldn't say it's amazing," she said, meeti

dered if what she'd said was funny, becaus