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Feeling as if her h for just the right way to put him off she nearly ju into her hipbones, his body trapping hers against the cold

‘Mr Ellery!’ She put her hands up between the someone’

His eyes narrowed but he didn’t move back ‘Who?’

Who? Who? God, did the man not kno to say die?

She glanced desperately towards the h thelow of the fake volcano’s erupting fla horrible reddish streaks across his overly tanned features

‘Don’t tell me it’s Kelly’

It took Cara ato another wo It was clear by the men’s interaction—or lack of—at the table that they didn’t like each other At times she’d been sure she’d noticed flashes of almost fear cross Martin Ellery’s face when Aidan had won another round Would it hurt to let hiht ht ‘A lady never tells,’ shethat he would take that as confirmation of his assumption

‘Kelly’s a woman hater Mark my words He’ll break your tender heart, darlin’, and bury it along with every other woman’s in Australia’

Considering she had no intention of giving Aidan Kelly the ti was over she wasn’t at all concerned about her heart—tender or otherwise

Unbidden, a picture of Aidan Kelly’s handsome face came into her mind When she’d first locked eyes with him at the airport she’d felt as if her heart had stopped beating As if the ground had moved beneath her feet Which of course it had because her shoe had been broken, but to her tragically ro himself

He wasn’t She’d known that as soon as he’d growled at her, but it hadn’t stopped her froo out with him To do more than that, she reluctantly admitted She had looked at him with the same stars in her eyes that the stewardess had but he had only thought the worst of her and had ignored her ever since Well, not exactly ignored her She’d caught hiame and it had made her immediately aware of her body in a way that was uncomfortably hot

And speaking of uncoging into her waist as if he had a right to have the down on his arms she forced her lips into a smile ‘Look, Mr Ellery—’

‘Hope I’’

At the sound of Aidan Kelly’s lazy drawl, Martin Ellery released her and shoved her to the side Cara sighed with relief

‘Well, look who’s come to call,’ Ellery sneered ‘Lover boy himself’