Chapter 326

"To lie, you mean?" she challenged.

He gave a terse inclination of his head. "To lie," he confirmed grimly.

"How dare you?" She turned on him, those green eyes sparkling angrily. ‘I—’

"And no amount of feigned anger on your part is going to distract me from getting a truthful answer from you," Gregorio assured her softly.

"Feigned?" she repeated furiously, her hands clenched at her sides, those magnificently full breasts surging up and then down as she breathed agitatedly. "Let me assure you, Gregorio, that I don’t have to pretend to be angry with you." Most of the time, that’s exactly how I feel!

He smiled tightly. "And the rest of the time, you're a puddle of desire in my arms..."

‘You bast—’

"No, I don’t think so, Chloe," he advised, and he caught her arm as her hand arced up with the obvious intention of slapping his face. "We are attracting attention," he warned her. He knew they were the focus of avid glances from the couple as he walked past them down the street.

Color warmed C