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‘Pick another day this week,’ she invited hiolden flaeh your lawyers You visit for an hour Let’s not raise the bar too high, let’s keep it simple I won’t let you take her out anywhere withoutwith some fancy nanny in tow’

His dra taut at the corner of his wide, sensualhis back on her before swinging back and nodding soree few seconds she had recognised the storistering that he had been serious in his approach and that he did genuinely want to hter

‘Toel pronounced decisively ‘We’ll take it from there’

Take what from where? she almost questioned but she ducked it, worn out by the sheer stress of dealing with hi with the strain of standing straight and unafraid and hiding her fearful anxiety froel would pounce on weakness like a shark catching the scent of blood ‘About ten,’ she suggested carefully ‘I have someone to see at half eleven’

Angel gritted his even white teeth, wanting to ask if she was seeing the boyfriend again, but he had no intention of being foolish enough to ask questions he had no right to demand answers to She had been under covert surveillance for weeks and he would soon identify the boyfriend from the records he had yet to exaed if she kneas paying a private firm to watch her every move

But, when it cael had no inhibitions Hired security was as much a part of his life as it was for his hter would be at risk of kidnapping were anyone to work out who had fathered her It was his duty to safeguard his child and he would not apologise for the necessity

Merry opened the office door to urge him out and followed hie at the front gate,’ she informed him

‘I thought you lived with your aunt,’ Angel admitted with a frown

‘When I becaet our own space Sybil practically raised me I didn’t want her to feel that she had to do the sahter,’ Merry confided ruefully

In the su face,at the sleek symmetry of the hard cheekbones and hollows that enhanced his very masculine features He was a literal work of art It was little wonder that she had overreacted to his interest and refused to accept how shallow that interest was, she told herself squarely, struggling to cal any further dealings with him

She would cope She had to cope So far she had contrived to cope with everything Angel Valtinos had thrown at her, she re as she remembered who and what he was, she would be fine…wouldn’t she?

CHAPTER FOUR

‘LETTING ELYSSA’S FATHER visit is the right way to go,’ Fergus opined, scrutinising her troubled face with concern before turning to gaze out to sea ‘He treated you badly but that doesn’t automatically mean he’ll be a bad father Only time will answer that’

Merry went pink As Fergus had co her up with an examination of the latest arrival at the rescue centre, he had heard about the fuss created by Angel’s visit earlier in the day and had naturally asked her about it She looked up at Fergus, drawn by his cal if it was possible to feel anything or even trust a us stood about an inch under six feet He had cropped brown hair and cheerful blue eyes and she had never heard him so much as raise his voice while she had already witnessed his co abused animals

‘Are you over hius asked her bluntly

Merry vented a shaken laugh ‘I certainly hope so’