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His brows pulled together, and he stared at her h she tried to stiffen it

'Now you come to mention it, your lipstick is more a pale pink shade, and that was red on his mouth!'

'My lipstick is lavender-pink, to be accurate!' Sian said coldly, turning to go, but Cass caught hold of her shoulder and spun her round again

'But you still haven't explained what he was doing in ot in!'

'He had an invitation to the garden party—and I've no idea why he was allowed through the gates before the party started You'd have to ask him'

'An invitation?' Cass scowled blackly again 'From you?'

'My editor passed on to him one of the coave him a barbed smile 'Well, it was your idea to invite the press Your idea that I should be here so that they could write about us! You get what you pay for in this world, and Leo was only doing what comes naturally to a tabloid editor!'

'Is that guy a reporter, then?'

She shook her head and he stared speculatively, watching the colour deepen in her face as he thought aloud 'So if he doesn't work for your paper, why should your editor have given hi to provoke a scene? Get aI'd do, I wonder? Shoot the guy? Throw him in the pond? Or just beat him up?'

Sian laughed 'So like that Editors have very siossip colourful'

'What a pity I saw you then I did,' Cass drawled 'If you hadn't sneaked in here to meet your old flame in private…'

'I didn't! There were too ardens, so I came here to be alone, but Louis must have seen me and followed me in here I had no idea he was here; Leo didn't tell me what he planned'

Cass considered her drily and her green eyes met his, her face serious He put his hand on her bare arm and a little shiver ran down her spine

'There have been too many people around ever since I et you alone' Her breath caught and she looked down, her lashes brushing her cheek 'It's just as well I didn't catch you with the old flaht have done,' he said, his fingertips sliding caressingly up and down her skin 'When I saw you two just noas so jealous I wanted to kill you'

She shook her head fiercely, tears burning behind her lids 'Don't…'