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‘The Evil Witch always steals your smile,’ Freddy lamented

‘I’m a bear and bears don’t smile,’ Gwenna informed him with determined cheer,

snapping back into play ot to loose a delighted giggle at the fearful face she assuto think about

‘Oh no!’ she groaned, racing for the village green where Piglet had clearly found a victi her pet off the lead

Although the little ani and terrific with children he had one troubleso been dumped by the roadside by his first owners and injured as a result, Piglet had developed a pronounced antipathy towards cars and was prone to taking an aggressive stance with their male occupants

Fortunately for hierence usually struck people as a joke rather than a source of complaint

‘Piglet…no!’ Gwenna launched the instant she saw her pet dancing furiously round the very tall dark ate

In spite of the sunshine and his undeniably picturesque and bucolic surroundings, Angelo was not in a good ation system in the limo, developed by one of his own companies, had proved to be as accurate as a tenth-century oods in this rural location His chauffeur had tried to drive down a lane barely wide enough to take a bike and had scratched the li forced to adelo had clis, his security teae so deserted that he would not have been surprised to find out that he had strayed onto the set of a disasterwith enors was no more welcoelo had an icy cutting reproof on his lips

‘Piglet…stop that right noenna was aghast to see that Piglet had targeted a male dressed in an immaculate business suit, for in her experience such men were less tolerant of annoyances There were two houses for sale on the other side of the green and she wondered if he was a city estate agent

Angelo looked down into clear eyes the startling blue of Dutch Delft, set in a heart-shaped face of such rare beauty that for the first tiot what he had intended to say In a millisecond the opportunity to stare was lost Fair head bowing, she bent down in an effort to catch the offending dog

‘I’m so sorry…please don’t ed, frantically chasing her defiant pet round masculine feet shod in the very finest leather By the tily little body she felt hot and exceedingly foolish

Out of the corner of his eye Angelo saw one of his security tea towards him to provide the usual if belated barrier between his eelo shifted a staying hand to keep theout streaks of pure gold in her hair

Even though that blonde waving mass was confined in a band at the nape of her neck, it was still long enough to trail down her narrow spine In hisher face and already questioning why she had had such an iain

‘Piglet, you little rascal…I’let’s lead to his collar and rising ‘He didn’t nip you, did he?’ Even while Angelo marvelled at the ienerousthat the world of fashion and style was foreign territory to her Her faded blue summer dress hinted at the lush curve of her breasts before billowing out in shapeless folds that revealed only her slender ankles ‘Nip?’ he queried, his lean, powerful frame poised with

natural elegance while he waited for her to respond to him as women always responded, idened eyes and snals

‘Bite? He didn’t, did he? He has teeth like needles’ Intimidated by his sheer size, for he ell over six feet in height, Gwenna kept her distance It was i how extremely handsome he was That awareness, not to mention the weird compulsion she had to stare at him, was sufficiently unlike her to make her feel distinctly unsettled in his presence

‘He didn’t bite…’ Angelo watched and waited in vain for the female sexual response that was so predictable, he expected it and took it for granted