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Scarlet stood there azethe iiven her

She gave a …ah, well, she could live with that!

Standing next to hi her best, she would have felt plain and unkeive or take an inch, of spectacularUnbelievably he was even better looking in the flesh than in print!

She responded on two levels to this discovery On the one hand she was disappointed at being robbed of the opportunity to confide derisively to her friends, It’s all air-brushing, you know, he’s not nearly as attractive as he looks in the azines!

On the other level she responded as any wo faced with the ined seeing!

‘Miss Scarlet S one? She had the aard slightly be office ‘You do knoho I am?’

Didn’t everyone? Her lowered gaze lifted Maybe that was his probleraph yet

‘I’m Scarlet The vice-chancellor said you wanted to see an’

A small derisive smile formed on her wide and expressive mouth; after their conversation she wasn’t surprised to discover he was the type who thrived on public recognition and got irritated when he didn’t receive itp????e

Well, proan was about to learn she was not one of that creepy boot-licking number!

Her lips parted to ask if he wouldn’tit brief when his dark eyes locked onto her own

Scarlet breathed in sharply and pro to say He really did have theeyes she’d ever seen, deep chocolate-brown, but not like the sweet milk chocolate she adored, but the dark variety that was too bitter for her palate For a be topaz-flecked depths before pulling clear and closing her mouth with an audible click

She gave a smile heavy on serene self-possession to correct any i feether with those adoring hordes