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She didn’t know She showered unhappily, thinking that she was going to call in and take the day off--after all, it had been offered

When she e to rise Wrapped in her towel, she walked over to turn on the television, opting for a children’s show rather than the news As she walked back toward the bed, she looked down and was startled to see bits of rass on the carpet

As if they had been carried in from outside

Like footprints

Her heart skipped a beat

Then it occurred to her just why the man at the foot of her bed had reminded her of someone

He had looked just like Caleb Anderson

Give hi…

"That bastard," she breathed aloud and hurried to the door It was still bolted It would have been iotten in

On the other hand, the man worked for Adaet just about anything done

So what the hell had Caleb been doing? Trying to scare her to death? Trying to ive up the house so he could…what?

It didn’t matter She dressed as quickly as she could and headed out on the warpath She was going to confront that wretched son of a bitch right ahile her terees, and if he didn’t watch his step, she was going to sock hied jaw

6

C aleb woke suddenly from a sound sleep, his sharp senses aware of footsteps on the ay outside his room

He looked at the clock It was barely 6:00 aht, a woht

And then, even though he heard the steps ht toward his roo on the outside door of his rooot up and opened the door to reveal Sarah standing there with a murderous look on her face

For a e Then she stepped inside and closed the door behind her

"You…bastard," she began "I should call the police I should have you arrested And I still ?"

Without waiting for his answer, she walked to the bed, still trerabbed a pillow and threw it at his head with a vengeance

"What the hell…?" he deht the pillow

She went for another "What kind of an idiot are you? You could have scared un? I could have shot you!"

The second pillow caure out what the hell she was talking about as he dodged the pillow She had one hell of an araun, so it was dangerous as hell for you to burst in here!"

Before she could send the last of his pillows flying his way, he rushed her, wrenching the pillow fro his ar on the rest of the bedding, histhem both down on the bed Glad that he’d slept in boxers, he tried to keep a distance as he held her down, but it was difficult She was on fire Her eyes ith a passion for revenge over so he couldn’t fathom, and her skin was soft as silk She was vital and vibrant, and he found hi the rise of desire while he atteet to the root of the problem

She stared at hi with the exertion of her breathing

"Do you think this is all a ga dress-up and sneaking into ht?"

"Caluest, and Bertie was undoubtedly somewhere nearby, too, and there was Sarah, pinned beneath hi accusations that made no sense No one would ever believe that he’d been the one being attacked

"Don’t you ever set foot on ain," she warned him "I was an idiot to come here I should have called the cops immediately"

"Sarah, listen to me I swear to God I don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talking about," he vowed

She blinked, and for ahiht as totally ie house," she accused him

He answered carefully "Of course I was I was there with you But that was the only time I have ever been there, I swear"

She was still a ball of tension beneath hi to control herself She was seething, but she’d stopped trying to escape his hold

"Let me up," she dean ransacking his rooe He was glad that his coht have sent it flying, otherwise, as she hurled his clothing over her shoulder

He didn’t even think to try to stop her It would only have made her madder

At last, exhausted, she stood still for a moment From her expression, he could tell that she hadn’t found what she was looking for