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thirty-five-year-old, half-British, half-Swedish director of one of her company’s partners—a man she hadn’t had a chance to meet yet—brought one hand up and cradled her jaw.
    The same feeling of security as before drifted through her. Whether she knew his identity or he knew her identity, what existed between them had burned bright when they were just two strangers and still blazed strong despite the disclosure.
    And if that meant what she thought it meant… She pulled in a deep breath.
    He’d known all along who she was. The way he’d treated her, soothed her, made love to her—that had all been for her , Simmi. Not a nameless woman in his bed. He’d cared, and what about now?
    She had to pick up her courage and figure this out.
    “If I don’t leave,” she started, and watched the way he focused on her face, “that means I stay here.” She paused, gulped, and ran the tip of her tongue along her lips. “Is that what you want?”
    His hand still lay on her jaw; with the pad of his thumb, he stroked her cheek with a gentle caress. “I want you, Simmi,” he said, “and not just for one night.”
    She closed her eyes. “Do you mean that?”
    “I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t. I’m not promising forever—”
    She shushed him with one hand on his mouth. “I’m not asking for forever.”
    Lars brought his other hand up and clasped her fingers, which he pressed to his chin. “Then let the rest of that ‘not forever’ start now.”
    She smiled and pressed a kiss against the palm of his hand. “You’re wrong. Our time together started last night.”
    Once upon a stormy night …

 
     
    ~ABOUT THE AUTHOR~
     
     
    Stories about love, life, relationships…in a melting-pot of culture
     
    Zee is an author who grew up on a fence – on one side there was modernity and the global world, on the other there was culture and traditions. Putting up with the culture for half of her life, one day she decided she'd stand tall on her wall and dip toes every now and then into both sides of her non-conventional upbringing.
    From this resolution spanned a world of adaptation and learning to live on said wall. The realization also came that many other young women of the world were on their own fence.
    This particular position became her favorite when she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of writing – her heroines all sit 'on a fence', whether cultural or societal, in today's world or in times past, and face dilemmas about life and love.
    Hailing from the multicultural island of Mauritius, Zee is a degree holder in Communications Science. She is married, mum to a tween son, & stepmum to a teenage lad.
     
    You can visit Zee at:
    http://zeemonodee.blogspot.com/

 
     
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