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‘Really,’ Eric said coldly, one eyebrow arching as he stared at her cleavage

Rachel could feel heat gathering in her cheeks because it was perfectly clear what Eric was thinking

‘Eric,’ Charlotte said sharply ‘Will you please move your butt inside the lift so that the doors can close?’

He flashed his lover a caustic glance but took a step inside

‘Have you known Rachel long?’ Justin asked him whilst they waited for the lift to resume its ride down

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‘We were engaged once a few years back,’ Eric bit out ‘But things didn’t work out at the time, did they, Rach?’

Everything inside Rachel tightened further at his use of that once affectionate shortening of her name But she’d be damned if she’d show any reaction on her face other than indifference to the role he’d once played in her personal life ‘Oh, I think things worked out just fine, Eric,’ she said with a casual shrug ‘I did what I had to do and you did what you had to do Anyway, there’s no point in talking about the past You’ve obviously moved on, and so have I’

The lift doors closed at that juncture, as though e her point

‘You still let a good one get away,’ Justin reain’

‘I thought she was only your PA,’ Eric shot back

‘Oh, she is But a good PA these days is worth her weight in gold Rachel leaves the girl I had before her for dead She’s not only beautiful but bright as a button, and such a sweetie Just think, if you two hadn’t broken up Rachel would be your wife by now Instead, she’s working forthe little twists and turns in life, isn’t it? Aah, here we are at the lobby’

Rachel did her best not to flinch when Justin slid a highly intimate arm around her waist and steered her smoothly fro at this point, Rachel noted They weren’t even holding hands Charlotte’s body language showed anger, and so did Eric’s

Rachel tried to be scandalised hat Justin had just done, and she was a bit, but at the saeful satisfaction Now she knehat Justin had eons