Twice Upon Time. Nina Beaumont
gray water was stubbornly placid as it lapped against the sand. Turning back, she met his gaze again.
“Can something be both truth and lie at once?” Her hands moved in a baffled gesture. “It would have been my wish because I wanted to he with you as I have not wanted aught else in this life.” She saw the flare of triumph in his eyes and raised a hand against it.
“But it was not the wish of my mind or my conscience.”
And your heart? a voice within her whispered. Was it not the wish of your heart?
Her words touched off an echo within him. “Nor did my mind wish it, Bianca. Or my conscience.”
“That makes us even, then.”
“No.” Alessio shook his head. “Do not make it less than it was. It was not merely the desire of a male body for a female one. It was the desire of this man for this woman. Alessio for Bianca.” His mellow voice lowered to a seductive whisper. “For no other.”
“Did I deny that?” She glared at him. “Did I? It was the desire of your body for mine, my body for yours. No more and no less.”
“Why do you demean it?” Bleakness threaded through his anger, blunting its edge.
“There is no ‘it,’ Alessio. You cannot demean what does not exist.” She threw up her chin. “There is nothing between us. Nothing!” She heard the desperation in her own voice and hated it.
“Nothing?” His voice was deceptively soft.
“All right,” she snapped. “A kiss, then. I gave you a kiss, naught else.”
“Bianca, if I had pushed you this much—” Alessio held up thumb and forefinger with barely a space between them “—you would have given me anything. Anything.”
She battled down the thought that she had already given him far more than she had reckoned with.
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».
Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес.
Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.