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He was holding on to her as if he thought she ht fall over Did he think her so pathetically weak? This orse than her worst nightmare come true, and it was almost a relief when he turned away to make a call

It couldn’t be worse, Savannah concluded, taking in the wide, reassuring spread of Ethan’s back This was a very private ht, thanks to her No doubt he was calling for someone to come and take her away, nuisance that she was She couldn’t blame him She had to be so

While he was so much more than she had expected…Ethan Alexander in the flesh was a one- on adrenalin and sex At least that hat her vivid i her, and she could hardly blarainy newspaper-i either Ethan’s size or his co shock of all was the way his lightest and h every part of her He’d only touched her elbow to help steer her, and had draped his jacket across her back, and yet that had been enough to hot-wire her ar everywhere they shouldn’t

Her thoughts were interrupted by the young physio co over to see if she could help ‘It wasn’t your fault,’ Savannah assured her, hoping Ethan could hear She didn’t want hiirl for Savannah’s proble,’ she explained

‘What a proble physio shared a laugh with Savannah as she started pinning Savannah back into the dress ‘And I’lad you did breathe, because you were fantastic’

Savannah had never been sure how to handle coirl with an extraordinary voice, and no manual had come with that voice to explain how to deal with the pheno her hands wide in a esture

But the girl grabbed hold of them and shook them firmly ‘No,’ she insisted, ‘Don’t you brush it off You were fantastic Everyone said so’

Everyone? Savannah glanced at Ethan, who still had his back turned to her as he talked on the phone She pulled his jacket close for comfort; it ar lapels that hung alh Ethan’s jacket was ten sizes too big for her it did little to preserve her modesty, and she hurriedly crossed her arms across her chest as he turned around

‘Okay, I’ve finished,’ the physio reported ‘Though I doubt the pins on Ms Ross’s dress will hold for long’

‘Right, let’s go,’ Ethan snapped, having thanked the girl

‘Go where?’ Savannah held back nervously as the physio gave her a sympathetic look

‘Ms Ross, I know you’ve had a shock, but there are paparazzi crawling all over the building Don’t worry about your bag now,’ Ethan said briskly when Savannah gazed down the tunnel ‘Your things will be sent on to you’

‘Sent where?’

‘Just come with me, please’

‘Co anywhere with Ethan Alexander terrified her He was such an i man, and an i the thought of not going with him terrified her even more