Chapter 52

But his warning came too late. His unwarranted presence here when she was dressed in only a robe caused an involuntary reaction in her, and she stepped backwards, straight on to the glass, gasping her pain as a piece pierced the sole of her foot.

'Stand still!' Collins rasped as she would have moved once again, crunching across the glass in his shoes to swing her up into his arms and carry her through to her bedroom. Jasmine froze at his physical contact with him, lying stiffly in his arms, beginning to breathe again only when he had placed her on the bed and moved down to examine her foot. If he were aware of her aversion to his touch he gave no sign of it. His treatment so… Impersonal.

‘It doesn't look too bad,' he straightened. 'I'll just get something to clean it.'

He went back into the bathroom, turning off the bath taps as he did so Jasmine took these few moments to collect her thoughts together, to try and gauge her reaction to being touched by Collins after