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And he wasn’t fussy about what he was prepared to do to get his oay…

Her erous Much safer was Theo being angry with her His anger ht be the cold, contained, implacable power of a very rich man, but both of those were easier to endure than—

No She cut her ain

Focus! Focus on what you want here—yourelse at all

But if that were true, why—dear God—did her eyes keep wanting to s so short a distance away fro face and just gaze and gaze, like a hungry ani deprived of food…?

He was replying to her, and she forced herself to listen

‘It’s a substantial a in possession of such suet of unscrupulous operators ish to part you froone completely now from the visible surface

But Vicky remained wary—she knew she had every reason to be

‘I’ it in the bank, that’s all I want to spend some of it on a house, the rest stays in the bank’

It was an evasive answer, and she knew it True in so, falsely, that she wanted to buy a house, not do one up, and that there would be a lot left over—when there would probably be none at all But she didn’t owe Theo Theakis the truth She didn’t owe hi

She held his gaze, resolutely keeping hers steady

‘Very prudent,’ hethat there were currents running deep beneath that smooth surface

But what did she care about those, either? She just cared about getting her money That was all

‘Very well—I’ll release the money’

The words fell into the space between them—and that was much, much more than the few metres that separated the she could have heard right Then her eyes lit—she could not stop them