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One of the house staff was holding her chair, and she took it with a murmured thank you It came out automatically in Greek, and the realisation made her uneasy She didn’t want to feel she was in Greece Didn’t want to do anything

Except get this over and done with

She cast a belligerent eye at Theo as he took his own place

Why the farce of dining with ht up to that ludicrous bed and do what you brought me here to do?

But she mustn’t think about that—that was a bad idea, very bad She took another lass of white as being poured for her, she seized that and drank from that instead It didn’t mix ith the vermouth, but she didn’t care She wanted the alcohol

Needed it

‘If you’re thinking of passing out cold on ain’

Her eyes flashed to the far end of the table Words rose in herout cold would be the best way of facing what he had in mind for her But the presence of the staff, however impassive their expressions, stilled her Instead, she lass aside in favour of the tu mineral water that had also just been poured for her

They ate in silence It was difficult to do anything else while the staff hovered Vicky wasn’t sure whether she was glad they were there or not Their presence kept a veneer of nors, but to her that only made it even more hypocritical

How she got through themore to her, seemed preoccupied And she did her best not to look at hi at all Shefood to hersips, repeatedly, of the wine poured for her by the silent, soft-footed staff aited on them Did they find it odd that their employer and his latest mistress sat and ate in complete silence? If they did, she didn’t care—wouldn’t care God knehat they’d seen here in their tiine it…

Theo, with all his willing, willing women…

Well, not me! Not me!

Anger spurted through her Then, like a house of cards, it collapsed

A voice sliced into her head Low, insidious, and so, so deadly

Liar…