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.‘Words are cheap.Nobody knows that better than I do, Stefano.Men often say things they don’t mean,’ she said quietly.He stared at her.‘Not when it comes to business.Honesty is the only policy there,’ he said firmly.‘Since we met and I’ve had such favourable reviews of your work, I thought I’d raise the stakes.This contract offers you employment not only at Bella Terra, and Florence, but also on my new property in the Caribbean.’Kira could have bounced straight up to the ceiling in sheer delight.It sounded like her dream contract.Instead, she frowned and bit her lip.‘I’ve never worked in the Caribbean.’‘Then you’re in for a treat.It will be a wonderful experience,’ Stefano assured her.‘Silver Island has everything.One hundred hectares of tropical wilderness surrounded by beaches as fine as sugar, set in a warm blue sea.’Despite her determination to play it cool, Kira’s eyes sparkled.‘It sounds lovely already,’ she said wistfully.Stefano had no illusions.He frowned.‘I thought so, too, when I first bought it.But despite all the luxury there’s still something lacking.It’ll be your job to make the whole place more—’ he grimaced, so used to total satisfaction that he couldn’t find the words to identify the problem ‘—user-friendly,’ he said eventually, but looked no happier with the phrase than Kira felt.‘That doesn’t give me much of a clue.’ She shrugged.‘Silver Island is a perfect hideaway.No expense was spared in setting it up, and yet—’ he ran his fingertip pensively across his lips ‘—for all its qualities, it lacks something.I want to import the magic you have worked on the Bella Terra estate.In the same way that you can live in the town house here in Florence while you’re working on it, you could stay in the Caribbean while you restructure Silver Island.You’ll be on the spot, all the time.’And where will you be? Kira was appalled to find herself thinking.‘I don’t suppose you noticed exactly how interested I was in your garden?’ Stefano continued.‘I did,’ Kira said, trying to concentrate on their moments of light, insubstantial chit-chat and forget the instant he took her in his arms.It was hopeless.The way she felt about him surged into her mind again.The force of his presence overwhelmed every other memory.A tiny tremble in her voice betrayed her.He noticed, and suddenly his devastating mouth curled up at the corners.‘Yes, I can see….’All Kira’s worries about the Bella Terra valley faded.The intensity of his stare focused on her to the exclusion of everything else.He looked like a tiger ready to pounce.The tremble extended throughout her body and she felt her self-control slipping away into warm arousal.It gathered in all her most feminine places, waiting for one word, one movement from him, to unleash its power.‘Good…so as soon as you’re happy with your contract, we’ll be on our way.’‘Where?’ Kira asked faintly.Stefano put his elbows on the desk and netted his fingers.‘To Silver Island—you’ll need to experience the place in all its glory before you can hope to do it justice.The computer hasn’t been built that can give you the experience of warm sand between your toes, and swaying palms beneath a tropical sky.’The words flowed from him like the tropical breezes he spoke of—warm, gentle and so very seductive.CHAPTER FIVEKIRA wanted this job more than anything else in the world, but if she was honest with herself, working so closely with Stefano would be dangerous.How was she supposed to keep her mind on her job? Travelling around the world with him would be torture.It wouldn’t simply be a case of storming off down the road if she felt herself weakening.She would be a long way from home and completely at the mercy of a man who held her spellbound.It was the same old story from her university days.Kira couldn’t face falling into that trap again.A man like Stefano could never commit to just one woman—that much was obvious from his easy smile and delicious kiss.No woman with any sense should trust him with her heart.Kira didn’t know what to do.Surely if she was aware of the danger, that would make it easier to avoid? And a business contract was legally binding.It meant security.She rated that highly.The problem was, working for Stefano was bound to be a temptation too far.She had no confidence in her ability to resist him, and the man was trouble with a capital T
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Christine Feehan Mroczna Seria 13 Mroczne Przeznaczenie