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‘I’ to find an alternative solution to your problem Is this too not acceptable?’ he asked, his face set in its usual world-weary lines

‘It’s acceptable but I’ht solution for me’

He shoved his hands into his trouser pockets ‘Fro, your options are sli or you’ll find yourself back to square one’

‘Okaythanks’ Her limbs felt heavy as she turned away She told herself it was because she was drained fro realisation that she didn’t want to leave Because that would be ridiculous

She slid the card through its slot and heard the s of the lift

‘May I estion?’ he asked The sensation of his breath on her neck told her he’d ood for her equilibrium

She glanced over her shoulder Up close, his sexy stubble hness just one more time ‘What?’ She forced herself to speak

‘Allow et you back home?’

The thought of slogging through the rain to catch the last train to Bath erously The sudden realisation that she could be doing so minus her panties made her stomach flip over

She could stand on principle and endure a hugely uncoive in this once ‘Okay’

‘I’ll give hi on the tower deck before you leave’

It took all of two minutes the next day to realise she had zero options And really, had her head not been full of singeing ht before, she’d have come to that realisation a lot sooner

But asevents that had stemmed from her complete lack of control from her mind, the more the vivid memories had tumbled forth

She’d slept with Ari Pantelides for a second ti conde so the first time Almost a day later, her internal muscles throbbed with the delicious friction of his possession

But, even now, it was the vivid memory of his tortured face that haunted her

Enough!