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uphold the family reputation.’
Desere tapped Dani on the nose as if she were her pesky chihuahua. And for a moment, Dani imagined how wonderful it would be to run off back to her cosy anonymous cottage, and leave them all to it. Her sisters, father, the whole charade. But leaving them without a physio would only bring more shame on the Danatello name’like she hadn’t made a profession out of that already.
Her big sister scrutinised her. ‘Okay, let me wield some magic. Just a little hitch of the strap here. A stray lock of hair here. A smudge of lip gloss. Pinked-up cheeks.’
‘Desere, I can manage quite well on my own.’
‘Never turn down an offer of help from an expert, darling.’ Dani had given up trying to stop her doing this. She sucked in the nightmare’as soon as Desere was gone she’d wipe the mess off. Easier to do that than to have her sister sulking. Desere stepped back to admire her handiwork. ‘Pretty. And I don’t think I’m the only one to think so.’
Dani’s heart hammered against her rib cage. ‘Oh?’
‘Oh? Dr Delicious, oh? Dr you’re-just-too-good-to-be-true. Dr can’t-take-my-eyes-off-you.’ And now the nightmare came with a cheesy soundtrack. ‘Come on, Dani, the man’s hot for you.’
‘Don’t be ridiculous.’
‘Strange, I know, when you spend the day wearing shapeless tracksuits. But hey, who am I to judge?’
‘Because that’s what you do best.’ What the whole Danatello clan did. Poor? Don’t bother speaking to us. Unimportant? Average? Get in line.
Years ago Dani had longed for a regular sister she could confide in. To talk about things like the earth-shattering kiss. About the confusion Zac had wreaked in her body and her head. To ask what to do. What to say. How to feel. But Desere surely wasn’t the right person. Had never been. Since the death of their mother Desere had moulded herself into being Daddy’s right-hand woman.
In the end Dani had learned it was easier to keep her own counsel’or share with her friends, the people she could truly trust, back home in Wellington. Far away from this madness. ‘Zac’s just a colleague.’
‘Don’t frown, darling. You’ll get premature lines. Maybe you should start with some fillers soon?’ Desere blotted her lips on a tissue from the jewel-encrusted tissue box. Stacked high with cologne, deodorant, fluffy startlingly white face cloths, the executive suite bathroom lacked nothing. ‘Colleague or not. The man’s a god.’
A god with a dirty mind. And hot hands. And a list... Dani bit the inside of her cheek and held back the smile. ‘Haven’t noticed.’
‘Then you need your eyes tested. Okay. Let’s go.’ Picking up her clutch her sister opened the bathroom door.
But she wouldn’t let the Zac subject drop.
In the hallway. ‘‘Do you know how highly Daddy rates him? Word is, as soon as this tournament’s over the doc’s jumping ship.’
This was news. ‘Oh? To where?’
‘Bigger and better. National teams? Olympic committee?’
Dani shouldn’t have been surprised. He was good at what he did. At everything he did. Seduction. Kissing...
In the lift. ‘He’d be a great asset if he were to stay here permanently. If you know what I mean.’ She winked.
Getting tired of the innuendo Dani went for plain talking. ‘Let’s get this straight. You want me to ask him to stay on? Like what I say to him will make a difference? I’m sure Zac will do whatever he wants to without me interfering.’
‘I’m not asking you to interfere. But there are other things you could do to make it more...attractive for him to stay.’
Was this for real? Desere honestly thought it would be that easy to entice a man into signing a contract? But then, heck, she’d done it with Joseph. But what about the life Dani had so carefully created for herself? In Wellington? Far away from the Auckland Jets. ‘You want me to seduce him? Does Daddy know? What about his rules?’
‘Since when did you ever follow
Desere tapped Dani on the nose as if she were her pesky chihuahua. And for a moment, Dani imagined how wonderful it would be to run off back to her cosy anonymous cottage, and leave them all to it. Her sisters, father, the whole charade. But leaving them without a physio would only bring more shame on the Danatello name’like she hadn’t made a profession out of that already.
Her big sister scrutinised her. ‘Okay, let me wield some magic. Just a little hitch of the strap here. A stray lock of hair here. A smudge of lip gloss. Pinked-up cheeks.’
‘Desere, I can manage quite well on my own.’
‘Never turn down an offer of help from an expert, darling.’ Dani had given up trying to stop her doing this. She sucked in the nightmare’as soon as Desere was gone she’d wipe the mess off. Easier to do that than to have her sister sulking. Desere stepped back to admire her handiwork. ‘Pretty. And I don’t think I’m the only one to think so.’
Dani’s heart hammered against her rib cage. ‘Oh?’
‘Oh? Dr Delicious, oh? Dr you’re-just-too-good-to-be-true. Dr can’t-take-my-eyes-off-you.’ And now the nightmare came with a cheesy soundtrack. ‘Come on, Dani, the man’s hot for you.’
‘Don’t be ridiculous.’
‘Strange, I know, when you spend the day wearing shapeless tracksuits. But hey, who am I to judge?’
‘Because that’s what you do best.’ What the whole Danatello clan did. Poor? Don’t bother speaking to us. Unimportant? Average? Get in line.
Years ago Dani had longed for a regular sister she could confide in. To talk about things like the earth-shattering kiss. About the confusion Zac had wreaked in her body and her head. To ask what to do. What to say. How to feel. But Desere surely wasn’t the right person. Had never been. Since the death of their mother Desere had moulded herself into being Daddy’s right-hand woman.
In the end Dani had learned it was easier to keep her own counsel’or share with her friends, the people she could truly trust, back home in Wellington. Far away from this madness. ‘Zac’s just a colleague.’
‘Don’t frown, darling. You’ll get premature lines. Maybe you should start with some fillers soon?’ Desere blotted her lips on a tissue from the jewel-encrusted tissue box. Stacked high with cologne, deodorant, fluffy startlingly white face cloths, the executive suite bathroom lacked nothing. ‘Colleague or not. The man’s a god.’
A god with a dirty mind. And hot hands. And a list... Dani bit the inside of her cheek and held back the smile. ‘Haven’t noticed.’
‘Then you need your eyes tested. Okay. Let’s go.’ Picking up her clutch her sister opened the bathroom door.
But she wouldn’t let the Zac subject drop.
In the hallway. ‘‘Do you know how highly Daddy rates him? Word is, as soon as this tournament’s over the doc’s jumping ship.’
This was news. ‘Oh? To where?’
‘Bigger and better. National teams? Olympic committee?’
Dani shouldn’t have been surprised. He was good at what he did. At everything he did. Seduction. Kissing...
In the lift. ‘He’d be a great asset if he were to stay here permanently. If you know what I mean.’ She winked.
Getting tired of the innuendo Dani went for plain talking. ‘Let’s get this straight. You want me to ask him to stay on? Like what I say to him will make a difference? I’m sure Zac will do whatever he wants to without me interfering.’
‘I’m not asking you to interfere. But there are other things you could do to make it more...attractive for him to stay.’
Was this for real? Desere honestly thought it would be that easy to entice a man into signing a contract? But then, heck, she’d done it with Joseph. But what about the life Dani had so carefully created for herself? In Wellington? Far away from the Auckland Jets. ‘You want me to seduce him? Does Daddy know? What about his rules?’
‘Since when did you ever follow
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