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"I see you took my advice about your hairstyle," Chet said, and sauntered into the office as if he were right at holanced anxiously toward her father’s office, forgetting he wasn’t there

"Don’t worry, he’s off visiting Mrs McWilliahtly and rearranged the figurines that el hair, switching the ca there is to know about you"

Playing a game of cat and mouse with him was beyond her Chet was much too clever for her "Why are you here?"

"To see you Why else? I’uy who frequents churches"

She was on her feet without knowing how she got there Clenching her hands together in front of her, she drew in a steadying breath "Why do you want to see ness to adrets," she infor back down "You don’t need to trouble yourself further"

"I ca hiht to do so

"What’s that?" Monica placed her hands on the keyboard, ready to resuh heaven knew she couldn’t have typed had her life depended on it

"You planning on seeing that ain?"

"II don’t believe that’s any concern of yours"

"Perhaps not, but if you do, you’re cheating hi yourself"

Monica had taken about as ives you the right to say those kinds of things to me?" she demanded

"I know you, sweetheart"

She hated it when he called her that and he knew it He was purposely trying to irritate her

"You’ve got fire in your blood, not milk You’ve sampled desire Now that you knohat it is to be anting a man, you won’t be able to accept second best Not anymore--it’s too late for that"

"You have your nerve"

"You’re right," he agreed readily enough, "I do" He stood and walked around to her side of the desk

Monica watched hi what to expect Every nerve was at full attention A siren was blaring in her head, blocking out all sensible thought

When he reached for her, she didn’t offer the least bit of resistance As it never failed to do, his touch rippled through her, snapping her senses to life He roughly lowered his ry kisses

She resisted hi to jerk herher face Her stand against him was pitifully weak, and soon she was as e as he was

Slowly he eased himself away from her "Heaven help me," he whispered and Monica was convinced he didn’tattracted his attention and he jerked his head around "So," he whispered

Monica was too startled to do anything

"Whoever it is, get rid of the behind the door that led to her father’s office

Get rid of the these ridiculous cops-and-robbers games She hadn’t a clue of what to say or do

The door opened just then and Michael strolled inside He s you at a bad tih "Of course not Come on in, Michael"

Chapter 11

"You’re sure you don’tScotty by the hand into Leah’s house "After all the trouble I’ve gone through for this silly Christ’s, who’d believe my baby-sitter would come doith the flu? At the lastOne minute she was fine and the next she was sick"

"You should have brought over Diane and Jason too," Leah said

Paht at that "Even my mother won’t take all three at once" Flustered and in a rush, she set everything down on the sofa and started unpacking the iteh the brown paper sack, Pam removed Scotty’s paja, his stuffed dinosaur and a tattered yellow blanket "He’s ht need a bit of security to sleep in an unfaht along so out a stack of theainst his sot his potty seat," Pam cried "Oh, well, you’ll just have to hold hiure everything out as we go Isn’t that right, bud?"