CATHY WILLIAMS - The Italian's One-Night Love-Child

Bethany stifled a groan of near despair as she pulled open the front door and then stared at her visitor in frozen, nauseating disbelief.

She blinked, thinking that she must be hallucinating, but when she opened her eyes he was still there and this was no crazy illusion.

‘ You!’ she squeaked in a high-pitched voice which she hardly recognised as her own. ‘What are you doing here? ’ She clutched her mouth and swayed.

‘No way are you going to faint on me,’ Cristiano said through gritted teeth. He insinuated his foot over the threshold and pushed the door open wide, letting himself in while she was still gasping in shock and as pliable as a rag doll. Her eyes were as wide as saucers and she looked as though she was on the verge of collapse. Good.

Bethany heard the slam of the front door as he closed it and it resonated with the sound of the executioner’s blade. She was busy trying to get her thoughts together but the sight of him, all six foot two of cold aggression towering in the hallway, had slowed her thought processes down to an unhelpful standstill.

‘Cristiano,’ she finally threaded unevenly. ‘What a surprise.’ Only the wall, against which she had pressed herself, was keeping her from sinking to the ground in an unlovely heap.

‘Life is full of them. As I’ve discovered for myself, firsthand.’

‘What are you doing here?’ she stammered, choosing not to pursue that particular avenue of conversation.

‘Oh, I was just driving by and I thought I’d take time out to pass the time of day with you… Amelia. But it’s not Amelia, is it, Bethany ?’

‘I feel faint. I honestly do.’ She put her hand to her head and took a few deep breaths. ‘I think I’m going to be sick.’

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