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‘Swooned?’ Rogan suggested ly

‘Fainted!’A dark frown appeared between those blue eyes ‘A perfectly norlar!’

Yes, that chin could definitely be very deter stance of that slender body beneath her slightly over-large cotton pyjanation

Rogan had never particularly cared for the idea of wo the wo feed to wear unflattering blue cotton pyjamas and still look sexy!

Maybe it was the way the material only hinted at the curves beneath? Or could it be that the pale blue er and bluer? Whatever it was, his little attacker was one very sexy package

So what she was doing at Sullivan House?

His ed ‘Except for two things Firstly,’ he bit out harshly as she raised questioning brows, ‘I’lar Secondly,’ he continued, when she would have interrupted hi As evidenced by my bruised foot and battered head!’

Elizabeth felt the warm colour in her cheeks She had attacked hi the orna him with the book

The sah! As if he had been reading it while waiting for Elizabeth to regain consciousness Oh, good grief…!

Her chin rose defensively ‘I very much doubt that the police will be too interested inthat you’re the one who broke in!’

‘I wouldn’t be too sure about that,’ the lish newspapers recently where the burglar was given co attacked by the owner of the house he had just broken into’

Elizabeth had seen the saal system!

‘There’s also the fact,’ the man continued relentlessly, ‘that I didn’t break in’

‘You—’

‘I unlocked the door into the kitchen by using the key from under the third flowerpot to the left on the sill outside,’ he explained

What key under the third flowerpot to the left on the sill outside? More to the point, how had this man known there was a key under that particular flowerpot in the first place?

‘Have you been watching the house?’ she gasped accusingly

‘Casing the joint, you ly

‘Yes!’ Elizabeth glared at hiht of sos of theto break in

‘Interesting thought’ He nodded ‘This house is certainly reh; there isn’t another house for miles The spare key was conveniently left under a plant pot outside No dog to bark at unusual noises in the night In fact, no real security to talk of At least none that’s actually active at the moment’

‘How do you know that?’ Elizabeth screeched Not even the ht since Brad Sullivan had been rushed to hospital a week ago, as neither Mrs Baines nor Elizabeth kne to set it

‘No flashing red light on the sensor’ He gave a pointed look at therooh-tech these days’ He shrugged dismissive shoulders beneath a thin black sweater

Elizabeth’sto leave quietly and empty handed? Or do you intend to wait until the police arrive? I called the downstairs,’ she added defiantly as he raised dark, questioning brows

‘Did you?’

‘Yes!’

She was a plucky little thing; Rogan would give her that She showed a lot of courage in the face of adversity Although he very lar would have stopped to chat like this, let alone bothered to carry a wo room after she had fainted!

He gave her a considering look ‘Did you know that when you lie you tend to bunch your left hand into a fist?’

‘I do no—’ She broke off her protest to stare down at her clenched fist, carefully unclenching it before adding, ‘I did call the police, and they will be arriving any minute!’

Rogan relaxed back in his chair to place the ankle of one booted foot on top of his other black-deni to be rather e for you,’ he drawled ruefully

Her eyes widened ‘For me?’ she said ‘You’re the one who broke in—’