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Cam sensed her imminent departure but he wasn’t done with her He slammed his hands back on the tiles on either side of hers Wide and wary silver eyes snapped to his She was petite Dainty But he knew the aura of fragility was purely that—an aura He liked that about her—a woe

She’d furrowed hands through her gelled hair and it stood up now in spiky disarray With her na on one small pert breast, she reminded him of a rather untidy pixie The jolt of attraction ift and unexpected And hot

He gritted his teeth and forced himself to focus ‘Do you want to come with me now and voice your concerns about the new development to the rest of the investors?’

‘With that irritable and arrogant old ot half an hour of paid eo and, unlike soust and her breasts rose as she drew in a short sharp breath ‘It’s people like you who barge in and buy up big, ripping up homes and businesses and lives and call it “develop venture’

‘It’s not—’

‘People like you,’ she interrupted, ‘wouldn’t understand the first thing about people from the other side of the tracks’

He had a fleeting but graphic iet and his gut clenched He pushed back fro into fists at his sides as he reht to earn the wealth and respect he now enjoyed ‘You know nothing about me’

She waved an accusatory hand at the peach-coloured sofa ‘You followed , and, let ’

Her eyes flashed at hi spot fires snapping to life through his veins In his thirty-two years no wonited such a reaction in him

If he could direct that passion elsewhere…His groin tightened at the thought of where he could direct that delicate-looking hand with its clear varnished nails…‘Tellelse, Didi Why did you fold my picture with such obvious care and put it in your pocket? Why not throw it in the waste bin?’

Her cheeks turned a delicious shade of pink and her gaze dropped to her shoes ‘I…wasn’t thinking’ Then she pushed, her pal him firmly mid-chest ‘Now move’

Her touch was like a brand, searing his flesh Heat radiated throughout his body and his first instinct was to cover that small hand with his and keep her there just a fewAbout him