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‘I see’

‘So what do you say? We miss the dinner and stay up here?’

‘Yes, please,’ Rachel said eagerly as relief overwhelmed her

Justin se of plan ‘We’ll order a bottle of ith our dinner,’ he suggested on picking up the ht have a dance or two That dress has dancing written all over it’

Rachel’s heart jolted She hadn’t danced in years The last time had been with Eric, the week before he’d broken off with her, and the day before she found out the awful news about Lettie They’d been to a Christot very tipsy on the punch He’d whispered hot words of love and desire in her ears whilst he danced with her, holding her very close,her want him to put his words into action When she’d been beyond resisting him he’d whisked her into the bathrooainst the door

Or so she’d thought at the ti love at all He’d just been having sex Because he’d never really loved her

‘I…I haven’t danced in years,’ she said, her voice shaking a little at the e he’d perpetrated on her female psyche was still there

‘You didn’t dance at your friend’s wedding?’ Justin asked on a note of surprise

‘No’

‘Why not? I’ll bet you were asked in that dress’

‘Yes, I was’

‘Why did you say no?’

‘I…I just didn’t want to’ In truth, she’d felt far too e as potentially destructive as dance with a rooether she’d been consumed with a pain so sharp, and a misery so deep, she’d fled into a powder rooes

Justin frowned ‘This has sorel, hasn’t it?’

Her suess?’

‘You told him in the lift you’d er mattered to you I think it’s ti to dance with ht and I don’t want to hear another word about it I won’t take no for an answer’

‘Yes, boss,’ she said, rather auy attitude It was so un-Justin Sa boss