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Madeleine glared at her husband, but agreed “Hunter’s right If you are going to talk to this swine itto quote an overheard conversation or take da pictures”
Di thin and Alexandra could feel his anger ed She could still read hiht so disturbing, she buried it immediately
“You’re right Mother is already prepared to disown me and make up some story about my early demise We’ll talk here”
She would have h of relief, but she no longer believed he was capable of feeling enough vulnerability to be relieved
With a few dire warnings to Dimitri and concerned looks at Alexandra, Madeleine allowed Hunter to lead her froas outdoor fireplace The sound ofAand the second set of doors closed from the inside of the apartment As the vertical blinds slid across the doorway and then turned to create a visual barrier against the rest of the party, Alexandra felt trapped
She was alone with a er trusted
Dimitri didn’t speak He didn’t move He just stared at her and then at the football-size bu beneath her heart Tension arced between them and she becaainst her side
“Put me down”
He seeaze shifted to hers “Your eyes are golden They used to be green”
“Color contacts”
“Even at night?”
“The lights were dim, or off”
“You cut your hair”
“Yes”
“It’s darker”
She shrugged He, of all people should know her natural hair color He’d been the only one to see it in the last six years since she’d had her first bleach job and landed her firstcontract
“I like it”
Thatabout her anymore He was a married man “I don’t care”
His eyes narrowed and his mouth set in a firm line
She refused to cower before the signs of his anger “As fascinating as this discussion is, I thought you had more important issues you wanted to talk about”
He nodded He gently lowered her into a wicker ar hilass table Both ell away frolass and first-aid supplies, but near the fireplace whose gas lit flaenerated some heat
Contrarily, she ht the strands of her chin-length hair and lifted the effect She shivered
“You are cold We should talk inside”
Where soht hear? “No It was just a breeze”
He shucked out of his coat and tucked it around her shoulders before she kneas happening She tried to shrug it off, but he held it in place by the lapels “Do not be stubborn”
His nearness was doing soreed in order to get hiood The coat carried his scent and war his are that thought provoked, she focused on getting down to business
She sreen cable knit sweater over the baby, re herself that possession was nine-tenths of the law and no one could deny that right now, she was the one in possession of their baby “What is it exactly you think we have to talk about?” she asked, going on the offensive
He looked her in the eye, his blue gaze dark with purpose “I want my child”
CHAPTER FOUR
HE wanted her baby
She had suspected it since her call to the Paris apart tossed into a black hole and having all the air sucked out of the universe at one time
She put her hands protectively over her tu so she could soh on his monstrous plan “You can’t have him”
“You say him Do you mean to say you know he is a boy?”
Should she lie? Would he fight any less ruthlessly for a daughter? The implacable expression on his face said not
“Yes”
“How do you know?”
“I had an ultrasound at four months”
An expression of dawning understanding came over his hardened features “That’s why you called the apartment”