indecent proposal

r I shall call for Asim

angry frustration, her

sed it to tug his mouth back to her own. But she punished him by sinking

er hungry b

me out of a thoroughly

were closed, his mouth slightly parted, his breathing a steady rise an

body

, enjoying the opportun

n fact, looking at a naked and sleepy Raschid had to be one of the best

Arrogant in his nakedne

dark self that if an army of reporters had suddenly burst in

ood,' she

,' he advised, refusing to lift h

d herself up on an elb

ophisticated pleat not long ago, was now hanging in a curtain of silk

will do,' she was say

e trailing hair to gentl

ng,' she said, glancing down to send Raschid a defiant smile. 'And I m

fore replaci

e looking at her in a

autiful, this man, Evie thought helplessly. His soul talked to

ked gravely, his long lean fingers brushing a

out on it,' she confess

t was o

owned. 'Whi

him, her sigh as she did so the heavy kind that

to existence r

n,' he c

ot many women could promise that. Reaching down, she picked up the r

a flick of a hand, she released her hair so it tumbled in a

That was all. It didn

mment, but his express

ry frustration while she walked off towards his bathroom, trai

esign, blending two cultures into one with t

the exotic with jewel-coloured si

sheer Arabian luxury

te enamel sunken tub the size of a plunge pool stood on a dais dead c

cal took up enough room for three by normal standards, the

Evie made for, turning o

nd her at the absolute perfect temperature.

the other part

use the mood had been ruined. Her mother-his father. It was usually

to come, though Rasch

ay just now rather than have it

herself. Then grimace

But it was not going t

topple down upon them both, and she didn't

turquoise silk caftan had been draped over a stool and she smiled at hi

eral Raschid had brought h

r naked body, she rele

g into the shower, and the long mass fell in a

ent back into the bedroom to discover

living room, standin

e. Neither of them drank much alcohol, she because she did

h surprised her. Norm

venings like this. But

d casual slip-ons he wa

sending he

ome later rather than keeping her he

't such a bad idea, Ev

ad to tell him was going to necessitate some time apart while

the room, he sent her

ur food has a

ay feed that other rave

he glanced across the room to where an elegant soapstone coffee table

ching at her with a de

dread because she knew she co

id huskily. 'I nee

ed, something in her to

eyes had already sharpen

from him because she knew she couldn't look a

send the curtain swishing open so she could fix her g

wed. One where Evie co

on, picking up on the v

elatedly perhaps-realising that

down his glass and wal

ouch her-those shrewd

e needed he

, Evie?' he pr

er eyes and stayed the