Kate Hoffmann – His Forbidden Conquest: A Moment on the Lips / The Best Mistake of Her Life / Not Just Friends (страница 26)
She checked her watch when they’d finished the
‘You’re OK to walk in those shoes?’
She laughed. ‘Just because they’re designer, it doesn’t mean they’re uncomfortable, you know.’
Though he could see in her eyes that she was remembering the night they went dancing. When she’d worn shoes she couldn’t walk in.
They strolled hand in hand to the Champs Elysées, the wide avenues flanked with clipped trees and lit by wrought-iron lanterns. Carenza led him under the subway and into the middle of the Arc de Triomphe, with the huge French flag billowing from the centre of the arch and the flame burning steadily on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
‘You’re going to have to work for the view again, I’m afraid,’ she said with a grin.
There were literally hundreds of narrow spiral stairs; but at last they were at the top and could look down at the traffic, each lane a blaze of white or red from the car lights. Carenza pointed out the buildings illuminated across the city: the Sacré Coeur in the distance on the hill at Montmartre, and the Eiffel Tower lit up and with a huge beam sweeping across the night from the top of the tower.
‘I told you Paris by night was something else,’ she said softly.
‘You’re right. It is.’ And sharing this with her felt special. There were plenty of other people on top of the arch, but it still managed to feel intimate, as if they were the only two people there.
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