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With the whole outfit put together—the classic jewelry around her neck, the perilously high shoes adding a further four inches to her fraht places—she felt like a million dollars And she felt even better when she saw the expression in his eyes as he stood watching her descend the staircase

“Stop that,” he said unsteadily, and Megan gathered herself sufficiently to answer

“Stop what?”

“Looking so da to the theater doesn’t stand a chance when yourwith every other part of your body Maybe,” he growled, taking her into his ar a few minutes”

Megan laughed and touched the extravagant string of dia a minute of this play, Alessandro Caretti!”

“Are you telling me that I take second place in your life to a bunch of actors on a stage?”

She sighed “I’m not your property, Alessandro”

“When it co”

PROLOGUE

‘WHAT the hell did you think you were playing at?’

Alessandro had stormed into the bedroom There was no other way to put it He had storular lines of his face were tight with anger and Megan didn’t knohy Well, she sort of knehy She just couldn’t quite understand the depth of his fury

‘Playing at?’ she asked weakly, hands clasped behind her back as she leant against the wall