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‘I don’t think so’ His gaze flicked over Chico, as standing with hisopen and a distinct look of alarm in his eyes

‘Is there a problelancing at the telephone which sat on the desk beside the silk flowers, as if convincing herself that a line to the outside world lay within easy reach

‘A problem of a purely ean to walk towards Erin

Erin stiffened as he closed the space between the into some sort of automatic meltdown at his approach the irony of his words did not escape her Was Di to be of an emotional nature—when he was about as fa around a fire and war its fin?

‘Miss Turner?’ said the registrar, fixing Erin with a questioning look, as if she was eager for the unexpected floor show to be over

But it wasn’t over It was nowhere near over Because Di her, like a stifling cloud which sees She told herself to stop him—to screanant hand—but she see And suddenly it was too late, because he was pulling her against him and his hands rapped around her back as he held her close Trapped against his body, she could feel his fingers i dress and it felt as if he were touching her bare skin With a shuddered breath she lifted her face to his, to the icy glitter of his eyes, which studied her for a long moment before he bent his head to kiss her

Erin could sense the conte his action, but that didn’t stop her lips fro to trenised that this was not a kiss driven by affection or lust, but a mark of possession—a stamp of ownership Yet it was a kiss too potent to resist and stupidly—even now—itto have

He was pulling her closer, bringing her up against the proud jut of his hips and the unmistakable hardness at their centre, which was hidden froeous it was for hiainst her quite so blatantly when there were other people around, but that didn’t stop her fro hi heat of desire and the betraying prickle of her breasts as she tried to stop her body fro was shallow as it led with the warue, which promised so much pleasure Oh, as it Dimitri and only Diht despairingly

Fleetingly, she wondered if Chico would do anything to stop as happening—but what could he do, even if he was that kind of man? How could he tell Dimitri to back off when they were about to coe, so that Chico could get his work permit

She felt the bouquet slide froround and she was afraid she ht do the same when, suddenly, Dimitri terminated the kiss His shadowed features tensed as he dreay fro and Erin knew exactly what that warning meant She had worked for him for years She kne his e in their icy blue depths was as clear as day Leave this toinside her rebelled

Did he really think he could waltz back into her life and start taking over, after all the grief he’d given her in the past? Because Diri back And he wasn’t going to take anything else froood reasons why he was no longer in her life—and even better ones why it should stay that way

‘How dare you?’ she spat out, her voice shaking ‘What the hell do you think you’re playing at?’

‘You know exactly what I’ at, Erin’

‘You can’t do this,’ she said, aze with a rebellious tilt of her chin ‘You can’t’

‘No?’ His pale eyes glittered in response ‘Just watch me’

‘Would soistrar, her polite tone not quite hiding her growing irritation ‘We have a nu yours and this unexpected interruption is—’