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Your driveway The guy was assu she actually owned the house Maybe in some wild dream or fantasy she would actually own a house in the Ha as she closed the door

The pizza was lukewarm But it didn’t ry She carried it through to the library and looked around Even though the fire was lit she still felt a little cold She hesitated for only a few seconds before she ran back up the stairs and pulled the new bedclothes fro cold

Two slices of pizza later, she’d found a book that could hter and she settled down on the rug in front of the fire This could be interesting

Matteo let out another curse as his car skidded and he struggled to stop the back end fishtailing Although the roads froritters had been out and h the haes of the Hamptons were a little different He’d had the choice of any car in the garage and had chosen the one he’d thought e four-by-four had initially made the journey easy, but the hardest part of the journey was now his own driveway It currently resembled some kind of ice rink

He frowned as he finally pulled up outside the house He’d never intended to be this late, but a conference call had gone on er than expected So by the time he’d started the journey to the Ha in front of the house—one he didn’t recognize

It was New Year’s Eve Who on earth would still be here? Chances were it was nobody Maybe one of the workers had decided to take a ride home with someone else—perhaps to join in some New Year’s celebrations

Matteo had tactfully given apologies to three potential party invitations, and the last place on earth he wanted to be right noas in the heart of New York at Times Square The streets had been crammed as he’d left the city and they’d be worse by now

He stepped outside of the car and proone down, groaning and rubbing his backside, flicking his head from side to side Of course no one had seen him—no one was here But his reactions were just auto the screen wasn’t smashed

The spider’s web across the glass told him otherwise

He held it up to the alarain, then frowned as he turned the key in the lock A couple of seconds and a few careful steps later he was inside the house

As soon as he was in the entrance hall he knew soht

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