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One look at hiht; this man had sensuality written all over hih cheekbones, olive-tinted as though he spent a considerable amount of his time in climates far warmer than Melchester’s

As he bent his head to Kirsty’s Chelsea was forced to acknowledge the fascination he would undoubtedly have for a girl her niece’s age—and for many considerably older

The way he moved, his smile, the lean fitness of his body, all bespoke a maleness that would attract the majority of women

But not her, Chelsea thought conteet the adoration in her niece’s eyes as she looked up at hi past Melchester’s one and only fashionable boutique when an elegant blonde eave Kirsty’s escort a very clear invitation

Chelsea didn’t miss the way Slade Ashford’s eyes admired the blonde’s slender curves, and her fears that she wouldn’t be able to free Kirsty vanished on another wave of contempt Even when he ith her niece the creature couldn’t keep his eyes off other women! What could he possibly ith Kirsty, a man of his undoubted experience? Was her very innocence the challenge which his jaded appetite demanded? Would he si to do with it, Chelsea vowed grimly

She telephoned her sister when she returned ho the afternoon with Slade Ashford

‘I didn’t want to let her go,’ Ann admitted, ‘but what could I do? If I’d refused she’d only have arranged anotherto us’

‘Don’t worry too ht be blinded by adoration, but he’s far fro similarly afflicted’ She told her sister briefly about the blonde ‘You know the type—skin-tight jeans, brief tee-shirt and a very come hither smile’

‘Poor Kirsty!’

‘I expect he finds her refreshingly different,’ Chelsea said bitterly, re those words about her in what now seemed another life ‘But at least it means that he shouldn’t be too difficult to detach fro done so publicly at your party will be enough for her to refuse to see hiain’

‘It ought to be,’ Ann agreed ‘She shares your pride’

‘I don’t think it would be a good idea to introduce ht sineered my own introduction I suspect Kirsty will try to stick to his side like glue, so we’ll have to find soh for otten allfeh on the list of our studies’

‘Perhaps not, but you’re an excellentas you do, you must have had ample opportunity to study the breed in its natural habitat’

Chelsea grinned If it wasn’t for her concern for poor Kirsty, sheSlade Ashford down to size He andSlade Ashford’s expression when she had seen him with Kirsty, Chelsea doubted that a woman had ever said ‘no’ to him in his life All the bitterness she had experienced over Darren welled up inside her Now, she realised, she had a chance to even the score

Like any good actress she laid her plans carefully, including a visit to London to find a suitable outfit So definitely provocative and sexy, she decided, as she sat in the train; so to appeal to the experienced h…

She found it after several hours’ search in a small boutique tucked away off Bond Street It was part of their new Christirl told Chelsea as she admired it It was also crireed to try it on

Norht moulded bodice wouldn’t have appealed to her at all, but as she eth in the pier glass she had to ad seductively to her breasts, her shoulders and throat glowing softly pale against the rich fabric The rustling skirts billowed gently from the narroaist in piquant contrast to the sophistication of the bodice, and the salesgirl produced aband of velvet ribbon adorned with silk roses seith pearls and diamante which she fastened round Chelsea’s throat

‘If you wore your hair up very simply and just decorated with the sa,’ she told Chelsea, scooping up her long hair to reveal the pure length of her slim throat

The effect was a bewitching one, Chelsea adeously expensive, she found herself weakly agreeing with the girl that it ht have been made for her

As indeed it ht, she admitted a little later as she stepped out of the boutique, clutching a black and gold eirl had scribbled an address where Chelsea could have a pair of shoes made up to match the dress The boutique had also been able to provide the silk flowers to decorate her hair, and on a sudden i past the store, Chelsea hurried into Harrods and headed for the cosmetics department