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Philip flinched ‘I can tell that you’re angry and I can understand that you’d rather not go to the ball in the circu to take you a while to get over this’

Libby’s mouth fell open ‘Believe me, I’m over it,’ she said acidly ‘And as for the ball, I never said I wasn’t going I’ with you’

Philip looked first taken aback and then horrified, obviously envisaging e to find anyone else to go with you at this late stage’

Making an instantaneous decision, Libby flashed a dazzling s with Andreas’

She stepped closer to hiazed into his eyes with all the adoration of soet the evening off, didn’t you, darling?’

Andreas didn’t hesitate ‘Of course,’ he drawled, lowering his head and kissing her lingeringly on the lips

Libby’s brain ceased to function and she ot the ball She forgot that she was determined to resist Andreas She are only of sensation Delicious, tantalising, brain-swa sensation

And then Andreas lifted his head

He brushed her cheek with his knuckles and gave a lopsided s that there’ll be fireworks,’ he purred, laughter in his eyes as he looked down at her

Stunned by the overwhel chelowered at them both

‘Well, if that’s the way you want to play it’ He turned on his heel and strode briskly out of the ithout looking back

‘You didn’t have to kissout of the room to make sure that Philip had left

Andreas narrowed his eyes and surveyed her with all the lazy confidence of a man who knew he had the upper hand

‘I was trying to ed a scowl, even though her heart rate was still behaving strangely

‘Don’t get any funny ideas, Dr Christakos It’s no big deal I just needed so there’

A lazy smile settled on his handsome face ‘Of course’

‘If I don’t turn up, it will look as though I’ that’

‘Of course you can’t’

She glared at him ‘This is not a date’

‘Of course it isn’t’