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'So why?' he asked, o

'Why what?' Sian tried to block his ithout being too obvious about it

'Why the hurry?' He sauntered round her, as if unaware that she was trying to keep hio Flustered, she looked up at hirey eyes were a up reminded her how tall he was and how much she was attracted to him

'Oh,' she said, confused 'The hurry? Yes, well, I have a lot to do'

His dark brows rose in incredulous arches 'At this hour?'

'I start work again tomorrow, after my holiday,' she said huskily, her throat hot

His expression changed, darkened 'You weren't planning on writing any ht we had an agreement about that'

Sian blinked; nothing had been further from her mind than Annette or the office, yet under his stare she beca

'You were!' Cass concluded, black-browed, eyes glittering 'I must have been crazy to think I could trust a reporter! You've been playing soetting h to fall for it, too! God knohat I've been telling you'

As he bit out the angry sentences he advanced on her and Sian backed away, her dazed eyes ith alarue or deny it, she just shook her head helplessly, like a fool, until she found herself in the sitting-roo of a chair she didn't see until too late

She gave a muffled cry and instinctively clutched at the nearest stable object, which turned out to be Cass, who pro, but looked at her with such rage that she wished she had grabbed at so else

'I've a gooddown at her, then his eyes moved doards to fix on her startled, parted lips

He was silent, staring Sian breathed roughly, tre on to him with both hands because she was still off balance, and if he let go of her she would tu, but not a sound came out before Cass slowly lowered his head towards her

Sian's thoughts were a battleground Common sense told her to stop him, push him away, before this went any further, but the irrational, e them ever since she met William Cassidy She had been attracted fro to kno it felt to kiss him, to be kissed

Curiosity killed the cat She closed her eyes and herdarkness of the kiss she forgot everything else for a while; her head spun and her body seemed boneless Hoas it possible to stand on your oo feet and stay upright when your flesh wasto hi her back, holding her closer, caressing her, a sensual, intimate exploration which echoed what she wanted, what she was doing to hi his neck, his back, his powerful chest