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‘Aidan?’

Now she said his name

He lifted the glass and tipped the contents down his throat He waited two seconds for the burn to hit his gut and then he poured another

Shifting his gaze to the oval mirror behind the bar he saw that she had risen to her feet, the top of her dress thankfully pulled back into place Her face and upper chest were flushed with desire and her short hair was h it

Damn, she looked beautiful

She pressed her swollen lips together tentatively and souilt twisted inside hio that far Well, he had, he conceded; he’d o much further Before the bet

Ellery’s ugly ut churned with the need to forget every single thing about this night

‘You need to go’

He hadn’t turned to face her and her cheeks flamed with embarrassment He watched her eyes climb up his back and her lower lip started to tre her

‘But I thought …’

Aidan sla off whatever it was she had thought He was hanging on to control by a thread and he wanted her gone

‘Doll face, I don’t really knohat you thought but you need to grow a brain You do not hijack people’s cars because you’re in a hurry, you do not let yourself be bet on in a gae ,’ he bellowed as a fresh spill of tears trekked down her face

Bloody hell, but those tears tore so up inside of him

Without thinking he started towards her only to have her throw her hands up in front of herself She looked touchingly vulnerable with her feet apart and a fierce expression on her face, her slender fra him She wouldn’t, of course She wouldn’t have a hope in hell of stopping hi whatever he wanted to do if he had a mind to

‘Don’t come any closer’

‘I don’t intend to,’ he said softly ‘The door is behind you I suggest you use it’

‘With pleasure’