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But even though he’d told hiht about his she’d said And there had been a lot of ti those fruitlessa replacement secretary who came even close to her abilities

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‘And that was enough to prevent you fronant, was it?’ he demanded ‘A simple case of sexual jealousy—because you found me with another woman?’

Erin didn’t say anything Not at first He made her sound unreasonable—as if she’d simply acted out of pique because her pride had been hurt But it hadn’t just been about the naked blonde Of ht not have changed And if that was the case, she would protect Leo froreed to spend a weekend with him because she’d been in a position of weakness, but she was not going to be cowed into behaving like a victi left to lose

‘There was nothing simple about it,’ she said ‘I didn’t want my child to be part of your world’

His blue eyes were like ice ‘And you were to be the judge and the jury?’

She shrugged ‘Why not? Nobody else ever dared tell you the truth—or if they did, you didn’t bother listening to theh, before he left your e else about him was different, and she screwed up her face in confusion as she remembered the eternal shadowy presence which had never been far froo anywhere without a bodyguard’

‘Not any es of his lips ‘Surprised, Erin?’

‘A little’ She nodded ‘Actually, more than a little What happened?’

He shrugged ‘After Loukas left I could never find anyone else I could bear to have around me 24/7—you know that And then you left, too’

Her word fell like a stone into the silence which followed ‘And?’

He glanced out of theat the stop-start traffic ‘And I realised I was sick of the press doggingfor ain ‘So I decided to tie up a few loose ends—actually, more than a few I cleaned up my act and became Mr Respectable’