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She closed her eyes, drew a long breath before opening theht be erateful, aren’t I? Thank you for doing the lawns I deliberately went cycling yesterday so I didn’t have to do them, and that’s unheard of’

His stance instantly softened ‘You’d have been better off now if you had got the mower out’

‘I’d still have gone for a ride, and I’d probably still have been distracted by’ Her voice petered out as shock overtook that embarrassment

‘By?’

‘It doesn’t matter’

‘I think it does if it was a big enough distraction to send you off the road’ She’d glanced at him then Anna had asked how the accident happened

Those full, te lips clamped shut

‘What was it?’ It couldn’t be anything personal because they didn’t have a history, not one that spanned even a week He wouldn’t count that night and the loud et her since then Maybe he should be counting it Ah ha Was that it? ‘You’re still annoyed that I didn’t instantly turn the ht?’

‘Not at all’ Her eyes were fixed on so away Because she had been thinking about hi up the road?

Yeah, right Get a life, Harry If that’s the best you can coet out of here

‘It must’ve been another shock for you when I turned up at your accident site, swinging down on a rope from the helicopter’ If she had been distracted by hi that would’ve felt weird to her He tried to recall what she’d said, the expression on her face, but only ca So as she looking everywhere but at him?

‘Believe me’ Her head lifted, her shoulders pulled back until painto do with you’ Her co Colour streaked her cheeks, those eyes he was co as if batting away the truth ‘But yes, I was surprised when I saw you unhooking froain in her cheeks and down her neck

Laughter rolled up his throat and blistered the air between the to save you’

She sed ‘Your words, not mine I was relieved that it was someone I knew Okay, I didn’t—don’t—know you, but we hadto do with the h you were excellent, by the way’ Now she wasn’t shutting up and would she ever regret that

Harry interrupted ‘I’ the moay Then I’ll co’ And if they were fast? Would thatto his touch? In reality it was his pulse that needed slowing

‘Don’t bother I’ back to bed’

Bed If ever there was a ith too many connotations But Sienna didn’t blink, blush or look as if she’d made a mistake Back under control? He hoped not ‘No proble as well as can be expected’ He could daroin theher lawns If she disappeared inside If he concentrated really hard Hard Wrong word

‘I’ I’ her back on him, she hobbled back inside her apartment

Harry couldn’t help hi terrible ‘I’ll look in later toyou don’t like, Doc Frosty?’

‘Harasshbours,’ she threw over her shoulder

The laugh that shot up his throat and over his lips was sudden and real Da None of those attitudes had put him off—instead they had raerous

Ti around people he knew and try harder to find a job that would take him away from here at the end of this contract

A couple of hours later his phone rattled off a tune just as he was about to head across to Sienna’s with a meal of steak, fries and salad to share The tension that had been building since he’d left her earlier disappeared the moment he saw the caller ID

‘Hi, Lance What’s up?’

‘Much the sa a centi if I’ve eaten reens What about you? Fallen out with those Kiwis yet?’

‘Not through lack of trying’ Aussies and Kiwis loved to hate each other, but put a third party between them and they were always allies