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What have I done?

But she knew She knew the answer She had done what she knew she would have to do Unfinished business, Theo had called it He was right

‘Open your eyes’

His words cut through her coldness

She forced her eyes open He was looking down at her, and his eyes were colder than she had ever seen them before in her life

‘Don’t play your tricks with ain—not if you want your money Understand?’

Then he was gone, walking into the en suite bathroo the door She heard the shower start to run Slowly, very slowly, she pulled the bedclothes over her

A stone, hard and painful, blocked her lungs

Theo’s hands curved tightly around the steering wheel of his car, and he pressed his foot down on the accelerator The low, lean vehicle sprang forith a throaty roar Gravel crunched under its tyres as he headed down the drive, opening the gates with a flick of an electronic switch and turning out on to the road beyond, di moon

He drove fast But not fast enough to outrun hismemories of the sex he had just had

Black e, molten hot! His mouth thinned She’d tried to turn the tables on him, manipulate him Call the shots

He’d let her do it—this time

This ti with her Let her play the vamp, lure him upstairs, set the pace He’d chosen to let her do so, wanting to see just what she would do

And now he knew Theos, now he knew!

It had taken all his strength—all of it—to get out of there the way he had