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‘That rim condemnatory note in his voice seemed a bit over the top to Scarlet ‘I suppose you’d have an equally offhand attitude to walking across the road without looking? You only have one set of eyes; it’s generally a good idea to look after them,’ he reproached sternly

To hear hiht

‘I’m as fond of my eyes as the next person’

‘I’reat many people are fond of your eyes—they are beautiful As is the rest of you’

Beautiful eyes—? Beautiful rest of me? Before Scarlet had time to properly assimilate this extraordinary information, she sahere his own hot eyes had come to rest, and her arms reassumed their protective position She breathed deeply as her entire body was engulfed in a wave of ly out of proportion with the situation

If he had shown any inclination to say so more on the subject she doubted she would have heard it past the cla heartbeat Only he didn’t show any inclination to speak…he wasn’t showing any inclination to do anything beyond look at her in a way that o literally weak at the knees

‘Dear God,’ she snapped ‘Anyone would think you’d never seen a woman without her shirt on before!’

And fro, the voice in her head added snidely, you’d think you’d never been looked at by a man before

It was true, his s Scarlet’s erect nipples pinch hard and burn It was deeplythat she had no control whatsoever over as happening to her

Rohter as dark eyes returned to her face ‘Sorry, I wasn’t expecting to find you half dressed’ As he spoke his glance slid once ure, and his chest lifted as a deep sigh vibrated through his lean, powerful framep????e

‘My God,’ he observed, shaking his head ‘You look different…different in a good way, in case I didn’t make myself clear’ Actually Roman doubted he had ever been less articulate in his life ‘I didn’t mean to embarrass you’

‘Strange, I got the i me’

One corner of his mouth lifted in appreciation of her comment ‘Do you play chess?’

‘Pardon?’ she said, sure she must have misheard him

‘Do you play chess?’ he repeated

Warily she nodded, still unsure of where this was going

Roman’s eyes narrowed ‘You either ith style or lose dramatically—?’