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‘And I’m a businessraduate fro course’
‘Danny isn’t substandard,’ Lizzie argued hotly ‘She lost her confidence last year, and that’s all’
‘So, how long is it going to take her to find the confidence she’s lost? She’s had a year to find it’
‘If you let her stay, she’ll prove herself to you I’ll vouch for her All I’ is just one more chance’
‘No,’ he said flatly
‘So that cosy little nugget in your brochure about wanting to give people the sa rubbish, put there to ood?’
He stared at her in amazement So little Lizzie Fane had teeth after all ‘Have you quite finished?’ he said evenly, hiding his approval of her stand
‘Not by a long chalk,’ she assured hilorious flame ‘You don’t just have a chip on your shoulder, you have a rock’
‘And you have said h, don’t you think?’ He paused ‘What’s your real problem, Lizzie?’
‘I don’t knohat you mean’
‘I think you do So, either you tell o back to your room and calm down’
‘Will you let Danny come back? Please’ Lizzie’s tone softened ‘She’ll be fine Danny’s got as much talent as anyone else It’s just that you intimidate everyone’
‘Except you, it seems,’ he observed dryly
‘I’ve known you for a long time, Chico’
‘You knew me once,’ he corrected her
‘Could we put that right?’ Her gaze flickered as she stared at him
‘Maybe,’ he said thoughtfully ‘That all depends’
CHAPTER FIVE
‘THAT ALL DEPENDS on what?’ she queried, her gaze steady on Chico’s
A few potent seconds ticked by, and then he growled ‘On this—’
She had not expected Chico toher into his arms Nor had she expected this to infla, especially the past, leaving only the piercing reality of now
There was nothing tender about Chico’s kiss It was an explosion of passion that raround his body into hers She responded withfire She couldn’t have held back if she had wanted to Chico had unleashed so in her that de that he was so fanised the passionate wo him back as herself She had never behaved like this She had never responded with such instant lust to a man, but this honed and harder Chico was so much darker than the youth she had idolised, and his kisses , they were so very, very dangerous, and she was quickly lost to the point that she staggered when he let her go
It was a relief when he released her, she told herself firmly What if he hadn’t? She wouldn’t have trusted herself to break away first
She was not so glad that Chico was staring down at her noith an expression in his eyes that could only be described as the conquering hero viewing his conquest Nothing could have made her recover faster
She wouldn’t be ain
‘What shall I tell Danny?’ she asked coolly