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She’d been the one who had thrown herself at hih, the one who had initiated the physical part And he’d reciprocated, at first Until he rejected her

All this ti her how beautiful she was She was attracted to hi was mutual

But it hadn’t been mutual She had thrown herself at him, and Colin had rebuffed her

She ht not have loads of experience when it came to the opposite sex, but Sabela knehen a h she had clearly told hih

Sabela’s face heated with embarrassment Probably her inexperience had put him off He was a man of the world, and she was a nobody from Brent Grove

A knock at the door tore her frohts She tried to pull her hair back so it wasn’t so all over the place, but had nothing to secure it with

“Coht on the spot

Sabela brought the covers up to her chin as the door cracked open She was relieved to see Marie poke her head inside

“I’an asked me to deliver your breakfast”

“It’s okay, Marie You’re not bothering e of pain in her head made her wince, and she looked back at Marie hopefully “You wouldn’t happen to have a couple of aspirin somewhere, would you?”

“Are you feeling poorly?”

“Just a headache”

Marie eyed the tray she’d brought to Sabela before she went to bed Sabela hadn’t touched it, simply left it on the side table where Marie had set it

“You didn’t eat last night Was it not to your liking?” the kindly housekeeper asked, scooping the tray off the table with a concerned frown, and replacing it with the new tray

“I’m sure it onderful,” Sabela answered “I just didn’t feel too great And I’ht noonderful, too, but I’ry”

Marie’s frown deepened the lines on her brow and around her bright blue eyes “What’s wrong? Are you ill?”

“Just some nausea,” Sabela said

“Hmm Nausea and a headache I don’t like the sound of that”

Sabela hadn’t wanted to admit it, but the housekeeper’s concern forced her into it “I’ht”

“Did you? How much?”

Sabela told her

“Hmm” Marie eyed her closely “That’s not very much”

“I’ht”

“Maybe”

Sabela thought she herself would know if she was a lightweight or not Before she could tell Marie, the older wo she’d be back shortly She shut the bedroom door behind her

Sabela wondered at the abrupt departure, and evenin fro on the intercom

Whatever, she thought, picking up the cup of tea and sniffing at it She took a s her throat and stomach She slowly sipped some more

She lifted the silver cover off the plate on the tray, but the smell of the food made her stomach churn She quickly recovered the plate and shuddered at the thought of eggs

She was conte some honey to her tea when the bedroom door flew open Colin burst into the room

Sabela was so startled she nearly dropped her tea, and then she was so unnerved by Colin’s getting an eyeful of her tousled bedhead, she nearly dropped her tea again

The bigafter him

“You have a headache?” he asked, or more, commanded His froas deeply etched into his square jaw, and his eyes flashed dangerously

Sabela was nearly afraid she“Er, yes?”

“Nausea?”

“Er, yes?”

He scowled “Dizzy?”

“I don’t know I don’t think so”