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.Allan may be too far away to hurt, but the bambina,” he shook his head whistling, “she’s close enough to put a pillow over her face when she sleeps.Lei capisce?”Melody nodded her entire body shaking with fear.He gave her a curt nod, released her to fall back into the seat and sauntered out with a victorious swagger.God she needed help, she needed to get Antonio out of her life.* * * *Ruiz banged his door shut.“I can’t believe her!” he hissed.“It’s quite unbelievable any woman would be married to that Italian toad.”Ruiz turned to where Jon Luc stood, pouring himself a drink from the bar.“You picked up on the accent too?”He shrugged.“It’s as distinct as my own, oui?”Ruiz nodded.“But he told Melody he’s Cuban.”The glass halted at Jon Luc’s lips as he stared at Ruiz with a raised brow.“It would be foolish of us not to check on your love’s husband.”Ruiz’s hands fisted so tight they shook.My love’s husband.Those words made him mad enough to make Melody a widow!“Why did she marry him? It was quite clear she has no feelings for him…and judging by how she looked at you throughout the meeting, she is very much in love with you.”Ruiz combed his fingers through his hair in frustration.He had been sure of a lot of things about his relationship with Melody before that meeting.He’d noticed too how she stared at him, like she was stuck in the memories of them when they were together and quite happy to be there.The look in her eyes had made him stumble a few times before he reminded himself of how she was married to someone else.But right after, when her cheek was wet with tears and his judgment lapsed…he was so close to confessing how stuck he was too in the memory of them until Antonio turned up.Then she flinched when Antonio touched her…there was no way the two of them were intimate if his arm on her waist made her cringe.It made Ruiz question their relationship.There was a lot more going on there than what they would want him to believe.That brought him to the question that had been rattling around his head after Antonio’s marriage announcement.“Jon Luc, what are your laws against bigamy?”Chapter FourMelody took several deep breaths to steady her nerves before she raised her hand to knock on Ruiz’s door.She’d almost not come after Antonio’s threat but Jackie had promised to look after Esme for a few hours.It broke her heart that she wouldn’t be there for Esme’s first bottle and the fact that she had to go on a bottle so young.She felt guilty, like she’d abandoned her.Jackie said those feelings were normal and she had nothing to be guilty about, but that didn’t change anything.A bottle was one of Esme’s little milestones and she wouldn’t be there to either help or see.The door swung open and Jon Luc, Ruiz’s lawyer halted in his steps when he saw her.After a stunned moment, he smiled down at her.“Madame, I didn’t notice you’d knocked.”Melody gave him half a smile.“I hadn’t.”“Jon Luc, who is it?”Melody’s heart leaped at his voice, but that little reaction was nothing compared to when Jon Luc stepped aside, exposing Ruiz.He stood in the middle of the room, barefooted on the wall to wall grey carpet, his shirt halfway undone one hand holding his cell phone the other a glass of what she could only guess as Jameson.Ruiz was a beer kind of guy, but he partook in a little whisky once in a while, especially when he felt stressed.He did have a lot to be stressed about, thanks to her.“Madame is here for your meeting,” Jon Luc said with a noticeable laugh in his voice that earned him a glare from Ruiz.Was that supposed to be a joke or was she missing something?“Come in Melody, you have the files?”She nodded choosing to ignore his brisk tone.She pointed to her side.“They’re right here.”Jon Luc stepped out as he subtly pushed her in.He probably noticed she was ready to run.Who wouldn’t be in this situation? There was so much in those boxes that would make him mad and she didn’t want to be on the receiving end even though she deserved it, and her hormones were on overdrive.She was ready to jump him, damn the consequences and everything else.“I hope someone helped you with all these boxes?” Jon Luc asked.She turned just enough to nod then turned back around, almost running into Ruiz’s bare chest, visible by the gaping shirt.“Ah…yeah…the ah…” She swallowed hard, dragging her eyes away to land on his bare feet.He had such nice toes—large but nice.Like the rest of him…large and so very, very nice, especially his hands.She trembled at the thought of having those hands on her again doing very wicked things.Melody, wake up! “After Ruiz’s speech the employees were more than willing to help out.”“Good,” he snapped, walking around her to the door.“Why so many boxes? Was nothing digitally filed?”She shook her head, moving into the room and stopping by the table where his drink and phone now sat.“No.Antonio doesn’t bother with paperwork.”She heard Ruiz mumble something unintelligible under his breath and knew it was a mix of oaths and curses all at Antonio…and probably at her.The phone vibrated, the screen lighting [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]