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Instead Jaul found hi how often Chrissie came to such clubs He told himself that in the circumstances that was none of his business Unhappily, traits stronger than reason and a bred-in-the-bone possessiveness for as his quarrelled with that rational conviction He was hoping that she had more clothes on than women nor the wisdo followed her to such a venue He had acted on an angry ie that rarely led to a satisfactory conclusion And in the same second that he was about to leave the club he saw her, a bright figure in a short fuchsia-pink dress acco, clearly not in turht He wondered why he was agonising when she, so patently, was not

Blessing her foresight in their exchange of numbers, he texted her, watched from above as she literally froze, full pouty pink h Jaul’s long, lean frae that his presence was as welcoorilla’s He sune and snacks

Rage crackled through Chrissie when she read the text

Please join me in the VIP section

Her one night out on the town inher that she was not as free as the other young women around her Suddenly she wished she had awith Cesare’s sisters, ere simply excited to death to be invited to the VIP section But no, whether she liked it or not she was Jaul’s wife and the et lost wouldn’t work because Jaul was relentless about getting his oay

Once she had believed that Jaul was incredibly solid and trustworthy and honourable She had virtually worshipped the ground he walked on and re that now ht their relationship had at last changed into so more at university, Jaul had played a blinder, she recalled numbly

She had finally started dating so her attraction to Jaul with all her ht Adrian had been blond, blue-eyed and sporty and as different froone out with Adrian several ti hiot too pushy about sex Back then she’d had a complex about sex and hadn’t known or et over it because it had stehtened her when she was still a child And she had never told anyone, not even Lizzie, about that sleazy secret

Adrian and his e of the evening herin her soft drink and it had been Jaul who had found her slumped by Adrian’s side and clearly out of it He had stepped in to rescue her because he had known that, like him, she didn’t touch alcohol Jaul had punched Adrian when he’d tried to object and had carried her out of the party She had no recollection of the rest of the night, only of waking up the nextto find herself safe in Jaul’s apartment For the first tie of her He had stepped in to look after her when she’d needed help, had protected her fro her suddenly painfully aware that he wasainst him had crumbled that same day

‘I would never hurt you,’ he had murmured

But that had proved the biggest lie of all She was so angry with hied ruefully, but as the point of all that aggression so long after the event? Their one—that was the end result Let it all go, put it away, she urged herself wryly, let him have his divorce and move on to a better, happier future Their lawyers would be h for Jaul’s benefit

Chrissie sank into the designated coht in front of Jaul and wondered why his bodyguards were bowing in her direction as if she were a real sost them for two familiar faces, but the men who had once protected Jaul in his university days were not there Turning back to Jaul, she noticed that he was casually dressed, had actually got in wearing jeans and an open-necked white shirt, proving the point that entry to such exclusive clubs depended more on who you were than what you wore The white of his shirt against his golden skin tone was eye-catching and a deeply unsettling tingle quivered through her slender body when she connected with his brilliant dark golden eyes surrounded by lashes longer andthat, she allowed, her keen gaze tracking the lean, strong lines of his masculine features while she tried not to wonder who he was planning to marry next