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She was all sweetness and light with everyone else, but she had gone out of her way to put hih the equivalent of a meat mincer Subtle torture of the most female kind Naturally he had found it offensive that her main source of interest should be another ! When she had thrown that fact in his teeth earlier that day, Angelo had been dis to restrain his temper even with his staff

‘I still don’t understand how you knehere I was today’ Angelo dealt her a sardonic look ‘I always knohere you are Whenever you go out, someone on Franco’s team watches over you I’m in the public eye I have enemies Even if the only threat is from the paparazzi, you need protection’ Gwenna could hardly contain her annoyance ‘It’s like being under police surveillance…why didn’t you tell me?’ ‘Your safety is elo invited, detere to fall for soay?’ Gwenna worried at her lower lip with her teeth before she finally answered ‘It was a secret and I wasn’t in on it when I first knew him By the ti outthat should have been a wake-up call,’ Angelo said very drily

‘It’s not that simple—’ ‘In the same scenario I would find it very simple’ Gwenna tilted her chin ‘When did you last fall for anyone?’ Angelo felt as if he had been dumped in conversational quicksand He didn’t do love, didn’t believe in it, didn’t go into the building, neverroom Love was a four-letter word that had never crossed his lips since childhood and not so he was prepared to talk about His icy reserve ell known People didn’t ask him personal questions They didn’t have the nerve They didn’t want to irritate him

‘How come you can asksilence

‘Dio mio…I don’t fall Okay?’ Gwenna fixed stunned china-blue eyes on hielo was infuriated by her compassionate look that implied he must be some kind of emotional cripple

Gwenna wished she hadn’t asked She felt terribly sad for hirand-mother used to say that it takes all sorts to htly ‘I suppose that if I’d ever ot over Toby There again, he would be a hard act to follow He’s very creative—he designs parks and gardens We have a lot in coelo slotted in with lethal derision ‘Thefactor’ Her heart-shaped face tightened ‘Toby’s really special—kind and caring’ Worth caring aboutAlthough he wasn’t looking for love, Angelo felt affronted

Toby was kind, caring and creative It was not a level playing field Possibly Toby filled in for the saints in his spare tinity

It was alht when they arrived at the Peveril House hotel A private lift whisked them up to an opulent suite that coh the door when Piglet hurled himself at her in rapturous welcome

‘My word, you brought him with you!’ Gwenna pounced happily on her pet ‘Thank you’ Angelo wondered hoas supposed to have left behind a dog that went on hunger strike without her Piglet had to be the most successful attention-seeker in canine history

The nextshe had slept like a log and Angelo had left her undisturbed Totally undisturbed Maybe he had realised how exhausted she had been She was surprised that he hadn’t asked about the nature of her faht before But then why should he be interested? But if he wasn’t interested, why had he followed her down to Soreeable decision she had to elo to help her father? Certainly, she didn’t want to ht of it But although Eva

and her daughters had been unpleasant and her father had treated the htly, Gwenna still felt that she should do what she could to try and help The arden fund around the sae In many ways it could be seen as another strand of the saly