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Polly slowly pulled herself up to a seating position, glad that the nausea seemed to have abated after that first rush

‘I thought we had a deal,’ she said

‘A deal?’ He looked surprised

‘That you were going to keep your shirt on’

A slow appreciative sht as the breath hitched in her throat He already had soulful eyes and a well-cut jawline Adding a smile that made you want to respond in kind, that sent a jolt of appreciation into the pit of your stoe to reach out and trace the firm mouth was too much

‘That agreeer in the office’

‘No’ Polly looked around at the generic bland furnishings ‘We certainly aren’t I’m sorry’

‘No need’

‘There’s every need,’ she corrected hied you out here I’m pretty sure this isn’t your usual style’

Gabe’s eyes swept over the rooet, to straighten her y top

‘I don’t know,’ he said ‘I’ve had worse evenings’

Polly stared at hi ‘Of course you have,’ she said ‘What’s ht car ride and a night with a weeping woman in a downmarket hotel?’

‘It was ?’

Polly put a hand to her stoer there for aof new life A life she had created

‘Better,’ she said, surprised that it was true She thought for athat had ry’

‘Room service?’

Polly shook her head ‘I need to get out,’ she said ‘Although’ she looked at herself ‘I’o home yet