Skimming a finger down my cheek, he leans over until our lips touch. "I can't seem to keep away from you," he says. "You are like manna for my hungry soul." He pulls back. "Even though what happened between us happened very quickly, I won't let you dismiss it, Elly. For my part, I am going to replay it in my mind over and over again."
At a dark time in his life, Italian billionaire Paolo Cardinali attends a glitterati party in search of an accountant but gets distracted by British doctor Elly Almeida. He plans a ruthless seduction, but Elly isn't interested. She doesn't believe in love at first sight, and also the timing is wrong: she's recovering from a terrible car accident. But Paolo is a man used to getting what he wants, even if all the cards are stacked against him.
