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Did he owe her an apology? Probably Would he see her again to give her one? Probably not

And as she doing back in his head again? Because Aidan knew better than anyone what happened when you took your eye off the ball

Yeah, you do stupid things like let Ellery off the hook… Sighing heavily he thought that o for a swilanced at the bedside clock 7:00 a himself out of bed if the hotel was on fire So far he had seen every hour and half-hour since he’d dropped into bed two hours ago

Frustrated with his out of bed just as his est newspaper Since she rarely had cause to contact him he picked up

‘Dana, what’s up?’

‘Well, goodto you, too, chief You sound like you’ve had a hard night Not that I’m surprised’

A sense of foreboding slid down Aidan’s spine ‘What are you talking about?’

‘Your big night with Britain’s wild child Everyone here is truly peeved that you let the co us out of the water already’

‘I didn’t have a big night with anyone,’ he lied

Dana reeled off so headlines and Aidan felt co that this would happen The room had been half filled with patrons at the tiood indication of how unlike hiht now

Hell

He wondered how Cara was faring this ain reminded himself that she wasn’t his proble up the attention It oot out of bed for Attention and notoriety

Which suited his he liked the least He knew the celebrity-hungry press wouldn’t bother hiet them sacked

‘Do you want me to make a statement?’ Dana asked

As arnered froht he knew the best course of action was to say nothing ‘Just ignore it’