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She sucked in a deep breath ‘I apologise for the inconvenience—’

A slashing gesture with his hand stopped her words ‘He’ll be back in teeks Feel free to come back then’

The lift doors started to shut Galvanised into action, she threw out a hand to stop it just as he did the sa through her Perla juht the look he levelled at her

‘I’mI’m afraid this can’t wait Just point me in the direction of HR and I’ll be out of your hair’

As if reaze trailed upward to rest on the hair she’d pulled back into a tight bun Once he’d looked his fill, those hazel eyes, whoseflecks she recalled so vividly, recaptured hers ‘The whole HR tea in Paris’

Her stoht? The whole team?’

He raised a brow at her

‘This really is an eency I came here specially I need to talk to someone’

Just like that, he shrugged, turned and walked away

With every fibre of her being she wanted to let the doors shut once round floor, back to safety But too much depended on her trip here today Much too much

So she took one step into Arion Pantelides’s vast, opulent domain

The architecture of the Pantelides Tower had looked for frolass, chrome and steel structure blended with earthy tones nificent

A wide roll-top desk, obviously an expensive antique, took up one corner of the glass-walled roo view of the river and the iconic buildings across the water Under her feet, a deep gold carpet muffled her tentative footsteps

She ed to take that all in in the handful of seconds before Arion folded his leanly muscled frame behind his desk

Fighting her rising irritation, she glanced back at him ‘Did you hear what I said? I need to talk to someone It’s important’