safe enough. Again reminding herself that she was a married woman, she pushed his hand away and closed her thighs.
‘I’m sorry,’ she said. ‘I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have…I don’t know what came over me.’
‘Why fight it?’ he asked her. ‘Why fight your feminine desires?’
‘Because I don’t have feminine desires. Not like that, anyway.’
‘You might fool yourself, but you don’t fool me. You want me as much as I want you, Belinda.’
‘Tony, no.’ She gasped as he eased her naked thighs apart and again pressed his fingers into the warm mound of her panties. ‘Tony, I don’t want this.’
‘Of course you do.’
‘Stop it, Tony,’ she said firmly, again pushing him away.
‘Perhaps I should have invited Desiree round?’
‘What do you mean by that?’
‘I was joking, Belinda.’
‘Were you?’
‘Yes, of course.’
‘I’d better get home.’ She sighed and rose to her feet. ‘It was a mistake to come here.’
‘Belinda, I don’t want to have to be rude to Desiree. If you go, then she’ll come round and…’
‘And what? This is a ridiculous situation. I have to stay here to keep my daughter away from you? If she comes round, I want you to tell her to go home. Say that you’re busy or you’re expecting a visitor.’
‘No, Belinda. I like Desiree very much. If she wants to come and see me, then I’m not going to send her away. I’m not going to lie to her.’
‘Don’t you understand that she thinks she’s fallen in love with you?’
‘Yes, I do understand that. And the best way to deal with it is to stay friends with her and she’ll eventually realise that –’
‘I’ll have to ground her unless you do as I ask.’
‘Ground her? Get real, Belinda. She’s sixteen years old, for God’s sake.’
‘Yes, well…’
‘Stay for a while longer. Have another drink.’
‘All right,’ Belinda agreed, retaking her seat as he filled her glass. ‘I want us to be good neighbours, Tony. The last thing I want is for us to end up not speaking to each other. Desiree is at a difficult age and –’
‘I still say that you’re making too much of all this,’ he broke in, passing her drink.
‘Tony, you’ve kissed my daughter, you’ve kissed me and put your hand up my skirt…I hope you didn’t do that to Desiree?’
‘Of course I didn’t. Can’t you get it into your head that I’m not interested in Desiree?’
‘You’re a normal man, a red-blooded man. You’ve already proved that by…’
‘I really fancy you, Belinda. But that doesn’t mean to say that I want sex with your daughter. You’re confused, getting yourself all mixed up.’
‘Yes, I am confused. When you kissed me…’
‘You enjoyed it?’
Pondering on his question as she sipped her drink, Belinda couldn’t deny that she’d enjoyed his kiss. She’d never been in this situation before. Happily married to Brian, bringing up Desiree in a lovely home…Never had she dreamed about another man, let alone savoured a kiss or fingers pressing against the swell of her tight panties. Six weeks without her husband was a long time, she thought unhappily. Alone in her bed every night…Taking a deep breath, she pushed all thoughts of having an affair with Tony out of her mind.
‘You haven’t answered my question,’ Tony persisted, breaking her reverie. ‘Did you enjoy the kiss?’
‘The answer is no,’ she said firmly. ‘I didn’t enjoy kissing another man. I’m happily married, Tony. And I intend to stay that way. I don’t think it is a good idea to come here again.’
‘I wasn’t suggesting that you ruin your marriage,’ he said with a chuckle. ‘And why not call round now and then? I’d love to see you.’
‘No, it’s not a good idea. I’d better be going.’
‘Not to worry. No doubt Desiree will come and keep me company now and then.’
‘Tony, please…I have to go.’
Leaving the house, Belinda didn’t know what to think. Tony was threatening her, he’d sent