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It was just too e

Finally she felt the bed shift under his weight and the covers were firmly pulled away from her

‘Two things,’ he said softly, and she decided that although he didn’t say much, it was definitely worth the hen he did He spoke with a slight accent, his deep voice caressing her nerve endings and soothing her aching head The tension oozed out of her and she felt herself relax His voice was a ‘Firstly, you should know that when I make love to a woman, Libby, she always remembers it’

The tension was back with a vengeance Her breath trapped in her lungs, heart thudding against her rib cage, Libby sed hard and stared into his very amused eyes

He exuded a raw, animal sex appeal that took her breath away and she felt a powerful urge to slide her ar neck and kiss him

She could well iettable experience

Appalled by the uncharacteristically explicit nature of her own thoughts, she pulled her rip on the covers as if they could afford her some protection

‘Right’ Her voice was little ?’

‘The second thing is that there were no fireworks…’ he dealt her a sizzling s body ‘…until I kissed you’

And with that he stood up and left the roo the door firmly behind him

Having dropped Adrienne at her boarding school, Andreas strolled onto the ward an hour later, immediately aware of the consternation his appearance created

Having recognised hiht before, the staff were all evidently wondering what had happened to Libby

‘You’re the new consultant?’ The ward sister stared at hiave him a weak smile ‘Er, I’m Bev—and you’re a day early’

Andreas lifted a broad shoulder ‘I like to be on top of things’

Bev bit her lip ‘We noticed you last night But we didn’t know—I nise you’

‘Of course you didn’t’ He’d been careful not to introduce himself to anyone

Bev took a deep breath and asked the question that she was obviously dying to ask ‘What did you do with Libby?’

Not what he’d wanted to do

‘I left her to sleep it off,’ he drawled,to the notes trolley ‘Do the nurses on this ward always party that hard?’