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The bell went again as though soer stuck to it and she flinched Jaul was very i to cal here in London? How had he even found out her current address? And ould he co to do with the fact that his father had died recently and he had inherited the throne? After his father’s visit Chrissie had refused to allow herself to succu out Jaul on the Internet She had closed the door very firmly on that kind of curiosity but she had, quite accidentally in early spring, read a few lines in a newspaper about his father’s sudden death

‘Chrissie’ he grated behind the door and his voice washed over her, accented and deep, unleashing a tide of memories she didn’t want to relive

She squashed thoseupright No as she hiding behind a door from the male who had torn her life apart!

CHAPTER TWO

CHRISSIE PEERED OUT from behind the curtain Jaul was stationed on the paveain Several men in dark suits, undoubtedly his protection unit, surrounded hi so feverishly that her chest felt tight

She had shut the door in Jaul’s face, not the sort of welcory and when Jaul was angry he was dangerously unpredictable Refusing to open the door had possibly not been her wisest move, Chrissie reasoned worriedly As his ian to turn she hid back behind the curtains and, second-guessing his next move, she returned to the front door and squared her sli the chain she opened the door

Jaul ground to a sudden halt with his hand still reaching out for the bell Chrissie appeared in the doorway and he snatched in a ragged breath at the sight of the shorts and T-shirt that exposed every line of her long, slender legs and the sleek, pert curves of her breasts Lashes swiftly veiling his gaze, he compressed his wide, sensual mouth ‘Chrissie’

‘What are you doing here?’ Chrissie asked woodenly, inwardly ae of tio, had he finally shown up, she would have snatched hi kisses But that tione He had broken her heart, left her to sink or swim and had never once contacted her with an explanation or even an apology That wounding silence had spoken the loudest truth of all: Jaul had never loved her, indeed could never have really cared for her in any genuine way If he had he couldn’t have walked aithout once enquiring as to how she was

‘May I come in? I have to speak to you,’ Jaul imparted in his rich velvety drawl

‘If younot to look at him, not to personalise his appearance in any way It was a ain, deal with hi involved

He was dressed much as she remembered in a soft leather jacket and jeans, casual and effortlessly elegant, his every physical race He stood six feet four inches in his sock soles, a fitting h heels Broad of shoulder, slihs of a horseman and the flat washboard stomach of a very fit and healthya lean-featured and wildly eye-catching face with a classic nose, high cheekbones and a shapely, sensual mouth But it was his beautiful dark deep-set eyes that you noticed first and rehts, bright as stars in a dark sky in others and pure tiger-gold enticehs, leaving asensation in its wake

Chrissie only realised how much shock she was in when she saw the children’s toys littering the lounge floor and realised in aht be visiting to ask about the children But hoould he ever have found out about the then he had deserted her long before she’d even discovered that she was pregnant? And ould he show the slightest interest in the existence of illegitiirlfriend? That was all she was now to hiirlfriend! He wouldn’t want to know she had fallen pregnant He wouldn’t want to open up that can of worms, would he? Of course not Her lush, full lips curled with scorn Marasn’t the sort of country that would turn a co Of course, very possibly, his relationship with Chrissieof wild oats’ category, she reasoned darkly