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She ht not be able to see hied as the felt the restrictive shadow his presence cast over her And instinctively she knew! A sharp frisson of awareness shuddered through her, causing her to turn slightly towards hinition of hiht and the breadth of his shoulders made her catch her breath, and she could sense too the alien and intensely male quality about him that had stopped her in her tracks earlier that day Now it caused her to sway a little on her high heels as her body registered things about hih her normal reserve

She turned back sharply, deterhtly tapped her on the shoulder I round on her heels to confront hi as she realised just how far she had to look up before she could look into his eyes

Just how tall was he? Six-two…six-three…four? He looked as though heand the right kind of arrogantly and openly aristocratic good looks—the sculpted cheekbones; the hawk nose, the clean jawline and the thick jet-black hair But his eyes weren’t a warreen, and he had a lean fitness about him that was possessed by very few Greek men in their early thirties, which Sadie estimated he must be

Sadie saw hi closer to her and very deliberately sniffing the air The disparaging look he gave her made her whole body burn

‘That’s an unusual perfu Is it up for sale as well?’ he demanded, in a voice that was pure soft sensuality with an accent that was equally pure Australian

Sadie had had enough In fact she’d had ly, ‘How dare you imply that I am for sale? What is it about men like you?’

‘Men like reen eyes narrowed icily ‘Well, let’s put it this hen it comes to women like you, then men like me tend to be a bit on the fussy side I like my women like my perfume Exclusive!’

He broke off suddenly, turning away from Sadie as the olderto hi at Sadie with distaste

CHAPTER ONE

“HUBBLE bubble toil and trouble”

Sadie grinned as she ave her as she stepped into the workrooredients of her perfumes

‘Mmm…What a wonderful smell!’ Mary exclaimed enthusiastically

Sadie’s s’

‘For someone famous? Who?’ Mary pounced

Sadie shook her head and laughed

‘You know I can’t tell you that It’s a matter of client confidentiality’

‘Mot wind of the fact that a certain very, very fanature scent for her, I can only assume…’

‘Don’t ask ed fervently Her s to a look of concern No doubt other people in her position would have welcomed the publicity she had received when it had becoer’s perfume, but Sadie valued her privacy and her anonymity And besides…

‘I take it that you’re still going to France?’ Mary asked her

Sadie’s frown deepened

‘I don’t have any real choice,’ she ado He’s determined to sell the business to this Greek billionaire ants to add it to his luxury goods consortium…’

‘Leoneadis Stapinopolous, you mean?’

‘Yes,’ Sadie agreed even more shortly ‘Or the Greek Destroyer, as I call him!’

‘Destroyer?’ Mary shook her head ‘You really don’t like him, do you?’

‘I certainly don’t like what he’s planning to do to Francine!’ Sadie told her fiercely

‘Well, by all accounts he’s a very shrewd operator,’ Mary allowed ‘The consortium he heads is worth billions, and since he took on that new designer to redesign the women’s wear side of his acquisitions…well, there isn’t a wo with their label on it’

‘No?’ Sadie gave her a grim look ‘Wel

l, I certainly don’t’ When she saw her friend’s face, she protested, ‘Mary, he doesn’t just want to buy the perfurand to pressuriseto That perfurandmother He only allowed a handful of clients to have the perfurandmother left the secret of its make-up to me because she knew that I would protect it! The whole reason she quarrelled with her brother was because he wanted to do exactly what Raoul wants to do now’

‘So don’t go to France, then!’ Mary told her forthrightly

‘I have to I own thirty per cent of the business, and there’s no way I’ to let Raoul sell it to this…this…Greek…’

‘Sex god?’ Mary supplied helpfully, with a gleam in her eyes

‘Sex god?’ Sadie queried disapprovingly

‘Haven’t you seen his photo in the financial press?’

When Sadie shook her head Mary grinned

‘Wow, is he sorandparents were Greek, and they settled in Australia as a young couple’

‘You seeed her

‘Like I just said, he’s a very sexyof which, you are crazy, you know, hiding yourself away down here in Peh life in Paris and Cannes—not topowerfully potent perfumes for your celeb clients How does Raoul feel about your business, by the way?’ she asked

‘Francine no longer makes one-off perfumes to order,’ Sadie responded, ‘so there is no conflict of interest there But…’