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Feeling inally better when he didn’t make another comment, she showed him to his seat on the raised circular dais that held the main table and plastered a serene smile on her face When he handed her his jacket she reached for it, only to find it suspended between both their hands The wonderful scent of spice and earthy man rose between thelanced up His face was closer than she expected, his blue eyes deep pools of lethal sensuality The heating pad that had attached itself to her face increased a fewwith it

‘Oh, and, Miss Chatsfield?’

She blinked, unable to do anything but stare ‘If you wouldn’tthe phone number of the local police for me I have an incident to report and I didn’t have time to do it before’

Oh, God This was it She would once again be confirer sister of the Chatsfield fairl The one who shouldn’t have even been there

And she had no one else to blame but herself

‘Incident?’ she said weakly, wondering if she threw herself at hied for mercy if he would listen Then she reance at the airport

‘Nothing for you to worry about,’ he said, finally letting go of the jacket to take his seat

CHAPTER THREE

AIDAN LEANED BACK in the velvet-lined chair at thetable and hooked his arm over the back

The suspense ht, shocked to find that he was enjoying himself He’d almost whistled a merry tune when she’d nearly fainted dead away in front of him after he’d mentioned the police

He had no intention of calling the would be punishh

Or would have been if those tingling little glances didn’t have the unexpected result ofhim totally aware of her, as well

It was unconscionable, really, to have his attention so divided when he needed to focus the most