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Andreas tensed, reflecting on how close he’d co in exactly the position she’d described

If it hadn’t been for Adrienne he’d have made a colossal mistake

‘I don’t have a wife,’ he said softly, ‘and Adrienne isn’t hter, she’s my niece But it’s true that I do have a responsibility towards her for the tiht and not in my bed’

Colour flared in her cheeks and she sucked in a breath ‘I would not have been in your bed, Dr Christakos I don’t do things like that’

‘You didn’t knohose bed you were in,’ he pointed out, touching her flushed cheek with a strong finger ‘Thatnext time you have a drink’

‘Perhaps you should address your comments to the ward sister,’ she muttered, and he frowned

So it was the ward sister who’d spiked her drink Which explained why she’d been so worried about Libby when he’d walked onto the ward alone

Well, next ti to make sure that she didn’t touch a drop of alcohol He wanted her stone cold sober

‘What time are you off duty?’

‘That is none of your business What was it your niece said? That wo you for your looks and your money?’ She tilted her head to one side ‘I don’t normally tell people this on such a short acquaintance, but it’s probably only fair to warn you that land and I’ve always been hideously suspicious of really good-lookingto offer me’

‘How about fireworks?’ He stepped closer to her, alared at hi so hard to pretend that she wasn’t interested in hi

‘Re a hand and trailing a finger down the sli to set them off in private’

She stared at hihts ‘There won’t be a next ti you in private I’m not interested’

Her anguished rejection of their attractionwith an injured animal

‘I paid for a date with you, Libby,’ he reminded her calmly, ‘and I intend to claim it’

Deciding that the first step in her rehabilitation was to kiss her when she was sober, he slid both hands around her face and tilted it, his eyes dropping to her mouth as her lips parted and she sucked in a breath

Underneath his fingers he could feel a pulse beating in her throat and he lowered his head slowly, deliberately, closing the gap between them