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You want to get married and put me out of my misery?

God, he was an ass!

A too te ass as he leaned up on one hand, his powerful biceps bunching as he led up against hi his fine baby hair and ht

That was just unfair, she thought, forcing her gaze back to the pool He was unfair Why did he have to come back to Sydney and turn her life upside down? Why did he have to kiss her? Touch her? Make love to her?

Miller’s gentle prodding that she wanted Ruby to be happy played back inside her head She was happy Very happy Or she had been until Sam had blown back into her life! And, while Miller saw Saood’ ones, that was only because she was married to his brother She was blinkered Ruby had already experienced Salance She didn’t want that to happen again So inside her warned her that she wouldn’t cope as well as she had the first time

Suddenly realising that Sa her, she let out a slow breath and atte her still crouched by the pool, the puppy cocked his head, his floppy ear bouncing as he scampered towards her

‘Watch the pool,’ she cautioned as he bounded along the edge on unstable baby legs He lapped at her face and she wiped her cheek with the back of her hand ‘You have to stop doing that,’ she laughed

Having followed, Sam offered her a hand up, his other wrapped around Redh on his hip like a natural

Ignoring his hand as politely as possible, Ruby stu to be here this weekend,’ she said on a breathless note, so him to know that she hadn’t planned this That she wasn’t chasing him

‘And wished that I wasn’t,’ he concluded ‘Aht?’

Ruby shot hilance, unsure how to respond to that in a way that wouldn’t ratchet the tension between theher

‘Jesus, Ruby,’ he growled under his breath ‘I’ to jump you Not without an invitation anyway’

‘All evidence to the contrary,’ she retorted, ance and the fact that if he was to touch her right now she’d probably dissolve into a puddle of lustful cravings She hadn’t slept properly since he’d crashed back into her life, and her defences were clearly suffering as a result