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would provide him with all the satisfaction he needed.
    But the difficulty lay in her res istance, something Conrad hadn’t come up against in a woman in a long time. Or perhaps not at all.
    They entered the lush tropical gardens of The Residence and approached the main building, lime washed in colours which echoed the aged rust red rocks of the area. Cantilevered over the Chelsea River , both the building and location were spectacular. Not as big as his vision, though. That was bigger.
    Inside, he asked for them to be shown straight to their rooms. They’d travelled four thousa nd kilometres and Bree would no doubt want to refresh herself.
    She wandered into her room ahead of him, looking around. “This is a wonderful.”
    A couple of large exotic rugs were scattered on the cool terracotta floor. The king size bed was decked out in crisp white linen, complimented by several bright embroidered silk scatter cushions and an o rnate Balinese bed head. Floor to ceiling windows showed off views across the river to the sandstone cliffs and lush vegetation on the other side of the gorge.
    “The way you described it,” Bree began, “I was expecting something second rate but this is beautiful.”
    She reached across to the remote control on the wall and switched off the air conditioning. There was a high-pitched beep, then the gentle background hum disappeared and Conrad felt the air grow humid.
    “I plan on ke eping these lodgings,” he said. “But compared to the resort I’m going to build, believe me, this will pale into insignificance.”
    “What will it have that this won’t?” She shot him a look to suggest he was being ridiculous.
    “An airstrip, for one thing. This is a remote location and that’s the big attraction but we have to make it easier for the jet set to get here. I want the likes of Madonna and Tom Cruise to come here with their families. People like them will expect five star facilities to match the spectacular scenery.”
    “I thought this place had a five star rating?”
    “It does but, pretty though they are, there are only five rooms here. I’ve got bigger plans. I want a resort that matches the magnitude of the landscape.”
    “ This’ll do me for the time being.” Bree smiled as she dropped down onto a leather chair. “Where’s your room?”
    “T hrough there.” Conrad pointed towards an ornate wooden door.
    The smile left her face. “So our rooms have adjoining doors?”
    “Don’t worry, I won’t impinge on your privacy.”
    “Still, it was a bit presumptuous, don’t you think?”
    With any other woman, he’d have thought she was teasing him. Not Bree, though. She was putting him in his place. Still, it didn’t mean he had to admit she was right.
    “Not at all,” he said. “It would have been presumptuous to have booked only one room with one bed.”
    “No, that would have been rude.”
    “And I am neither rude nor presumptuous.”
    Did she think he was going to force or cajole her into sleeping with him? No, he was sure he wouldn’t have to do that.
    He’d had his share of women but he was a lot more selective nowadays. Cold , hard experience had taught him the dangers of taking a sexual relationship too casually. He wasn’t going to repeat those mistakes.
    W ith Bree, there’d be no mistake about it.
    She was clever too. If he managed to grab hold of her, it wouldn’t be by accident or whimsy but by design and a firm decision on her part. She wouldn’t fall into his arms and she wouldn’t allow herself to be taken or coerced. She’d walk into his arms with her eyes and her mind open, knowing exactly what she was doing.
    If she wanted him. But he wasn’t certain she did.
    N one of the old rules of seduction would apply if he was going to win her over and get her into bed. A five star room, fine wine, exquisite food, the best that money could buy. None of it would mean anything to this woman.
    He’ d have to play it by instinct and make it up as he went along.