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‘Surprised?’ Sergio asked softly

If she was, then she couldn’t be more surprised than he was He had had no reason to question his assuins So she had a couple of expensive things in her flat? Certainly not enough toout in a fairly hazardous profession He had assuht have moral support from her family, that was pretty much it on the support front

In fact he had dared to question Stanley’sthat he was, indeed, at the right place when the car drove up the lantern-lined drive

And now here he was

And there she was Staring at hih she expected him to disappear in a puff of smoke

‘What are you doing here?’ Susie demanded

He looked perfect Every inch the drop-dead gorgeous, brooding alpha male who had stolen her heart

‘I couldn’t resist the prospect of pulling you behind the bushes and havingabout that dress’

‘You’re supposed to be wrapping up a deal in New York’

‘I like breaking with the expected now and again Where’s the radiant bride and the lucky groo’

Susie flushed guiltily She knehy she hadn’t breathed a word about her family—knew that if she had he would have seen her as just another little rich kid, all caught up in doing nothing much because she knew that she could be bailed out of her discoot bored or fed up Why would soo out with someone like that?

‘What did you anticipate?’

‘Why did you let me assume that you were penniless?’

‘I didn’t let you assu Did you decide to coround?’

‘Comes with the terrain,’ he answered coolly ‘We’ve been lovers for over twointo’

‘And what if you’d found that you’d “got into” soround? Or worsea criot out of it pronto?’