Page 35 of The Roman's Woman (A Singular Obsession)

She stood up and went for her purse. “Right. Uh, I should go.”

His face fell. “Already?”

“I need to pick up a few things at the store.”

Lingerie. She should buy lingerie.Hope it comes in plus sizes. It was always hell for her to find a decent bra with enough support, let alone a pretty one.

The disappointment on his face lightened fractionally. “You know I can send out for anything you need. I can have my UK shopper give you a call. He’ll even do grocery runs if you need him to.”

Wow. Gio had someone to shop for him?Probably more than one…

“You have a personal shopper for every country, don’t you?”

Gio stood too, following her to the door. “Only the ones I do business in a lot.”

“How many is that?”

“Well, it’s in the ballpark of a dozen or so.”

There went her equilibrium again. “Damn. Um, okay. Have your UK guy give me a call.”

As much a she hated the idea of taking advantage of Gio’s wealth, she was going to need professional help finding lingerie that wouldn’t make her look like a parade float.

“I will,” he promised, still looking at her wistfully. “Are you certain you don’t want to stay?”

“I’m sure,” she said decisively, picking up her coat and clutching it protectively in front of her.

“All right. I’ll call down and have the driver take you home.”

She paused halfway out the door. “Really, it's not necessary. I’m going to hail a taxi.”

He folded his arms in mock disapproval. “Absolutely not. Sam is an excellent chauffeur. You never know about taxi drivers.”

“Gio—”

“If you’re leaving me to sleep alone tonight, at least give me that.”

Slumping visibly, she conceded defeat. “All right.”

“Good…and I’m sorry for letting Alex railroad you into dinner. I was going to give it a few more weeks, but with Calen and Maia coming into town—”

She held up a hand. “I’m good. I want to meet your friends,” she said, hopingthey were as friendly as Alex appeared to be.

He beamed at her. “Excellent. I want them to get to know you, too. Goodnight.”

Leaning in, he stole a hot hard kiss before she could summon the willpower to leave.

On the way home, she called Kelly. Shopping for attractive form-fitting clothes was going to require major reinforcements…and several bottles of wine.

Chapter 13

Gio smoothed a covetous hand over Sophia’s ass as they rode in the elevator to the penthouse.

He was proud of his restraint all through dinner. Sophia’s new dress was simply too tempting. He’d been unable to keep his hands to himself the whole night. But he’d kept it G-rated when they were in company—waist and hips only.

He had to give his UK shopper, Gavin, a bonus. Of course, he wasn’t supposed to know that Sophia had used him to buy clothes. She swore the man to secrecy, but Gavin knew which side his bread was buttered on. As a result, Gio had secret approval of Sophia’s new wardrobe. Without her knowledge, he had been able to make several suggestions she had ended up loving. One of them was this velvet dress.

Unable to restrain himself, he nuzzled his woman’s neck, running his fingers against the nap of the luxurious fabric.

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