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‘His te to work out how she had so badly ed the man who her the truth Bitter jealousy had driven the blonde into an attee

‘And he’s like the elephant who never forgets when you cross hi all this trouble,’ Roula ret

‘He’ll get over it,’ Molly said woodenly, wondering if he would ever forgive her either

‘I’uiltily ‘I know that’s not ret lying to you I didn’t think it through I told nant and planned the whole thing to trap hi day but I wouldn’t adel’

‘I think we can forget about this now,’ Merry commented uncomfortably ‘I can’t put rateful you explained why you did it and I do understand’

‘Fair enough,’ Roula sighed as she opened the door to leave

Merry tensed when she saw Angel poised across the hall, straightening to his full predatory height, shrewd dark eyes scanning her like a radiation counter

‘I told the truth,’ Roula told him flatly ‘Can I leave now?’

‘You’re satisfied?’ Angel demanded of Merry

She nodded in embarrassed confirmation

‘I’ll have you returned to the airport,’ Angel informed Roula curtly

Merry took advantage of his momentary inattention to head for the stairs at a very fast rate of knots She wanted to splash her face, clean her teeth, brush her hair and ditch the pyjamas with the pink bunny rabbits on them Then she would work out what she had to say to hie she had done with her lack of faith Possibly a spot of grovelling would be appropriate, obviously a heartfelt apology…

She was caught unprepared and halfway into a pair of jeans when Angel strode into the bedroo, lean fra dark eyes

‘I’ up the jeans ‘But she was very convincing and I don’t think she’s a bad person I think she was just jealous and she got a bit carried away’

‘I don’t give a dael declared ito threaten hter’

Merry lost colour, her eyes guiltily lowering froed ruefully ‘But you used the saotten that?’

‘My intentions were good I wanted to persuade you to give us a chance to be a proper fael countered without hesitation ‘You wanted to use Elyssa like a weapon to punish ed her as much as me’

‘No, I honestly wasn’t thinking like that,’ Merry argued, turning her back to hi for a tee shirt, having decided for the sake of speed and dignity to forgo donning a bra ‘Even when I was reat father, but I assumed you would make any divorce a bitter, nasty battle’

‘What el asked drily ‘I didn’t even ask you to sign a pre-nuptial agree That omission sent the family lawyers into a tailspin but it was a deliberate move on my part It was an act of faith formed on e as much as I did’

Merry reddened with uilt He really knehat buttons to push, she reflected wretchedly It hadn’t occurred to her that he hadn’t asked her to sign a pre-nup before the cerelaring oe involving a very wealthycoldness was beginning to unnerve her He had never used that tone with her before He sounded detached and negative and he was still icily angry She glanced up, scanning his lean, strong features for another,of hisline of his wide, sensual le of his firaze