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She looked down uncolassware and pristine white linen on the table, sure, after sitting here for ten

Not that she altogether bla such retribution In fact, she had deliberately chosen to ’s so that he could do exactly that if he wanted to It was the least she owed Luc after the way she had ed him

‘Thanks, Ja a bottle of Gevrey Chambertin, hmm?’

Luc

After spending the last tenanxiously towards the door, she had finally missed him when he did arrive!

She looked up at hihtly breathless at how gorgeous he looked in a dark evening suit and snohite shirt

‘I’m sorry to be late, Darci The traffic was heavier than I expected,’ he murmured huskily as he slid smoothly into the seat opposite hers

She didn’t care if the London traffic was at a standstill so long as Luc was here, after all!

He looked good His deep, burnished gold hair glea, his face was all hard, aristocratic angles that reminded her he was the son and brother of a count, and the leashed power of his body was barely restrained by his sophisticated clothes

But her heart sank as she looked up into a gaze hard with cool iht have taken pity on her and co after all, but that he certainly hadn’t forgiven her!

She sed hard ‘It’s very good of you to have agreed to meet me like this—’

‘I have agreed to nothing, Darci,’ he cut in icily, his eyes narrowed to slits ‘To have left you sitting alone here would only confirm me as the callous bastard you already consider me to be,’ he explained harshly

Would reduce him to the same level that Darci had lowered herself to when she’d deliberately stood him up…