Ordinary Girl in a Tiara. Jessica Hart

be absorbed in each other.’

      ‘It doesn’t always have to be about you, you know,’ grumbled Caro. ‘Anyway, I am looking at you.’ She fixed her eyes at him. ‘There. Satisfied?’

      ‘You could make it look as if you adore me and can’t wait for me to drag you back to bed.’

      ‘Oh, that’s easy.’ Caro summoned a suitably besotted expression and batted her lashes at him.

      ‘What’s the matter?’ asked Philippe.

      ‘Nothing’s the matter! I’m looking adoring!’

      ‘You look constipated,’ he said frankly. ‘Come on, you must be able to do better than that.’

      ‘You’re the expert on seduction,’ said Caro, sulking. ‘You do it.’

      ‘OK.’ Philippe reached across the table for her hand, turned it over and lifted it. ‘Watch and learn,’ he said, pressing a kiss into her palm.

      Caro sucked in a breath as a current of warmth shot up her arm and washed through her. Her scalp was actually tingling with it. Bad sign. Willing the heat to fade, she struggled to keep her voice even.