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Well, of course he was He’d had as little sleep as she had and would no doubt be as efficient in sleep as he see else She almost suspected he could command himself to sleep and he would obey There were not many men who had that kind of powerful aura, not even her father

She thought about how in the early years at school the girls had gossiped behind her back about why her mother had left and who her father’s latest lover was At the time Cara had mistakenly believed that she was in competition with those women for her father’s affections but in the end she had learned the truth There hadn’t been any competition at all because she hadn’t stood a chance

Hating that those thoughts kept creeping into her head all of a sudden when she usually had no trouble keeping them at bay, she pushed the bedcovers back and stood up The reason she usually had no trouble keeping the a… Her life was a blur of activity and this silent, re her feel even more alone

As was the big empty bed

Since trying to will herself to sleep wasn’t working, Cara decided that a glass of warht help

Tentatively she opened the bedroom door and as quietly as possible tiptoed down the short hall and into the main room

She had iined that Aidan would be fast asleep but he wasn’t

He was up Slouched on the sofa wearing an old T-shirt and grey sweatpants His short hair looked like he had run his hands through it one too many times and his computer was open on his lap

He looked sexy and ru at him

‘I’m sorry,’ she said on a rush ‘I didn’t know you were up’

Aidan felt his whole body tense as Cara hovered in the doorway It was difficult to make her out in the low-lit room but unfortunately not so difficult that he couldn’t see that she earing so straps A pale, short, nightgown that, coain of a cute, erotic pixie

‘What do you want?’

He saw the way she recoiled at the harshness of his tone and felt like a jerk Unfortunately she’d appeared just as he was questioning his reasons for leaving her bedrooer that had surged between them

So in her expression that had given hi to mind exactly what that was

‘I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you’

‘You’re not,’ he said sood liar ‘What’s wrong?’

‘I couldn’t sleep and thought I ht fix myself a warm cup of milk It used to hen I was a child’

‘Fine’

Still she hovered at the edge of the room ‘Look, I probably don’t need it so I’m sorry for—’

‘Would you stop saying sorry,’ he growled