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She struggled with her tears, shaking 'I am, Rick I'm calm and quiet'

'Co Sian and Cass Sian sat down, gri Cass's eye Did it wound him to see Annette with Rick, to be forced to relinquish her to the other et away from here

Cass prowled up and down, his hands in his pockets, his head bent, his face dark Rick came back and Cass looked sharply at him

'She's in there with her father' Rick had a hospital mask tied round his neck, and had obviously just pushed it down froerently 'There's no need for you to stay She doesn't want you here; I can take care of her froot a car, so that I can drive her back here in an eency'

Cass listened, his face a mask He didn't answer, just nodded, and Rick turned on his heel and went, pulling up the ain Cass stared after him and then turned to look at Sian

'I'll drive you back to London noas all he said, in a quiet voice, but Sian would have given a great deal to know exactly what he was feeling

CHAPTER FOUR

Cass didn't talk much on the drive back to London, and Sian was relieved about that because her thoughts were chaotic, and she needed to be quiet to sort them out into some sort of order So much had happened in far too short a time, both around her, and inside her She was bewildered, dazed, unsure—in fact, the only thing she was sure about at the moment was that she wasn't sure precisely how she did feel

And he was the cause: this frowningbeside her! He had done this to her! She looked sideways, through her lashes, and watched hirey eyes hard and fixed, his profile unyielding A queer little tre her nerves

It was crazy She barely knew the man It wasn't even twenty-four hours since he had first walked into her life, why should he have this devastating effect on her? A her eyes to shut out all sight of that lean, dark face in profile, the wind-blown hair giving hierous invader co unstoppably towards you while you stared, paralysed

My ihter in her throat as she realised what she had been thinking At that moment, Cass turned his head, still dark-browed, and snapped, 'What's funny?'

'I a and looked surprised

'Why?'

'Never ' She looked at the speedometer and winced 'Do we have to drive at this speed?' The car was touching ninety although it ran so smoothly that she hadn't realised it until then

'Yes,' he said coolly