Chapter 13

• Her chin rose as her gaze met his challengingly. ‘Why are you making such a fuss, Leo?’ she asked waspishly. ‘We’re both over the age of consent, and you can’t deny we had a good time that night.’ She shrugged slender shoulders. ‘So why can’t you just leave it at that, hmm?’
• Because he couldn’t do it. That was why. Much as he had tried, Leo hadn’t been able to get the memory of the woman in the gold gown out of his head—hadn’t been able to forget making love with her.
• He had been so determined to find her again that he had delayed his return to Venice by several days in order to continue his search.