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CHAPTER ONE

‘BUT I NEVER ith male clients,’ Lily said to her boss at the south London physical therapies rehabilitation clinic ‘You know that’

‘I know but this is such an a opportunity,’ Valerie said ‘Raoul Caffarelli is from serious money This four-week live-in post in Normandy will be worth a year’s work to you I can’t send anyone else Anyway, his brother absolutely insisted on you’

Lily frowned ‘His brother?’

Valerie gave her eyes a little roll ‘Yes, well, apparently Raoul isn’t too keen on working with anyone just now He’s beco out of hospital His older brother Rafe read about your ith Sheikh Kaseehter He wants you to help his brother He’s willing to pay you very handsoot the impression from him when he called that you could just about name your price’

Lily chewed at her lower lip The iven her ht now, after yet another failed relationship had drained her bank account dry But a live-in post with a man—even one currently confined to a wheelchair—was the stuff of her nightmares

She hadn’t been anywhere near a man in five years

‘I’ to put another patient’s file away ‘It’s out of the question You’ll have to find someone else’

‘I don’t think saying no is a going to be an option,’ Valerie said ‘The Caffarelli brothers are known for their ruthless deter in Septeet his brother back on his feet’

Lily closed the drawer, turned and looked at her boss ‘What does he think I aet back on his feet, let alone in a matter of weeks’

‘I know, but the least you could do is agree to ith him to see if it’s possible,’ Valerie said ‘It’s a dreaet to stay in a centuries-old château in rural Nore favour It will really lift the profile of the clinic This is exactly e need right now to build on the work you did with the Sheikh’s daughter We’ll be known as the holistic clinic for the rich and famous Everyone ant to come here’

Lily sed a tight knot of panic in her throat Her heart was thu such a rapid and jerky tattoo it felt as if she had just run up a skyscraper’s flight of stairs Her skin was claainst her temples She tried to think of an escape route but each tiht of one it was immediately roadblocked by her need to help her mother and her loyalty to her employer

Could she do it?

‘I’ll need to see Mr Caffarelli’s scans and reports froht not be able to do ive him or his brother false hope’

Valerie clicked the mouse at her computer ‘I have the scans and reports here Rafe emailed them to me I’ll forward them to you’

Lily looked at the reports a short time later in her office Raoul Caffarelli had a spinal injury fro accident He had also sustained a badly broken right ar in his legs, but he was unable to stand upright without aid, and at this point in tiical opinion was that he would be unlikely to regain full use of his legs, although they expected some minor improvement in his current mobility But Lily had read similar reports before and tried not to let the with a client

Soly per in between So much depended on the type of injury as well as a client’s attitude and general state of health

Lily liked to use a s such as structured exercise, strength-training and e, and some which were considered a little more on the alternative side, such as aromatherapy, dietary supplements and visualisation techniques

The Sheikh’s daughter, Hali woeons that she would never walk again Lily had worked with her for three ly slow at first, but finally Halimah had taken her first steps with the aid of parallel bars and she had continued to improve until she was able to walk unaided