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He turned back to Fliss The air between them crackled with unspoken questions The situation was impossible Suddenly, Ash didn’t care any more

‘Walk with me,’ he ordered

‘Inow?’ She panicked, dropping her voice to a low tone ‘People onder’

‘It wasn’t a request’ He didn’t bother lowering his voice

Nor did he worry about the curious eyes on them as he took her elbow and steered her out of the tent

‘Are you okay?’

She swivelled her head to look at hiht you didn’t want any more to do with me?’

Ash didn’t even bother to hide his disapproval ‘That isn’t exactly what I said’

‘No,’ she acknowledged after a moment ‘It isn’t I’m sorry, I’m just nervous I wanted to tell you I stood up to my mother’

Surprise swept through him, followed by the whisper of a promise

‘Why are you here?’ he demanded abruptly

Her gaze didn’t waver although he could read the nerves behind those insanely blue eyes

‘Because you said you were playing in the match and I wanted to tell you To thank you, I suppose’

‘I came to the house’

This time it was her turn to be surprised