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Rachel’s eyes were swi by the time the lift doors opened, so she fled to the ladies’ room in the lobby and didn’t come out till she was dry-eyed and back in control

But she no longer felt like shopping for clothes What did it matter what she wore around Justin?

Hooking her black carry-all over her shoulder, she headed for the exit Straight home, she decided

‘Rachel!’ a male voice shouted, and her heart jumped ‘Wait’

Her heart began to race as she turned

But it wasn’t Justin hurrying towards her across the lobby

It was Eric

CHAPTER TEN

‘ERIC!’ Rachel exclai here?’ Possibly a silly question when he’d alorked in the Central Business District in Sydney It was inevitable that one day, now she orking in the city, she ht run into him

But to run into hi into hi coincidence too far

‘I was looking for you,’ he explained ‘I asked around about your boss and found out he worked in this building’

‘How enterprising of you,’ she said coolly

‘I a,’ he returned, and s smile

She no longer thought anything about Eric was char

She no longer thought he was all that gorgeous, either, despite his groo second to none His sleek black business suit would have cost a fortune And he would have spent half an hour blow-drying his hair to perfection this ht a bit spitefully, to find that it was receding at a rapid rate

‘Why were you looking for me?’ she asked in a less than enthusiastic tone

‘I orried about you’

She could not have been e

‘Good lord, why?’