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Adrienne looked at hiot married you wouldn’t need to employ a housekeeper It’s time you settled doith a decent woman, not someone like—’

‘Adrienne!’ This tih Go and wash your face’

The girl’s slied ‘But—’

‘Now!’

The co tone evidently worked because Adrienne subsided and left the room with a last curious look at Libby

There was a long silence and Libby felt her colour rise

Feeling that so, she put her coffee down and pushed her tangled blonde curls out of her eyes ‘Er…about last night…’

Not having a clue what had actually taken place the previous night, she left the stateentle, but he merely looked at her quizzically and waited for her to finish

Libby sighed He was obviously one of those enviable people who used silence as a weapon, whereas she, unfortunately, had never mastered the art

‘Look’ Deciding that directness was the best approach, she took a deep breath ‘Did you spike ht?’

He lifted a dark eyebrow ‘You think I need to render a woman senseless in order to persuade her to come home with me?’

No, she didn’t think that

He was the embodiment of most women’s fantasies

She flushed and concluded from his amused expression that he obviously wasn’t the one responsible for her pounding headache

‘I’m sorry, it’s just that someone must have but I really don’t rereat What did—?’ She broke off and cleared her throat nervously ‘Well, obviously you brought me back here, which was very kind of you, but did we—? I mean, I don’t re usually, but I suppose I ht and…’

Totally disconcerted by his continued silence, she gave a groan and hid her head under the covers

Why didn’t he say so?

And what exactly had they done?

She was never, ever going out again