Chapter 28

“And what,” she added, unable to repress the urge that made her glance nervously over her shoulder, “if anyone saw you come in here?”

Theo looked utterly unconcerned by the possibility. “They will think, I imagine, that I felt the need to be alone with you.”

Camille blinked in confusion. “Why would you need to be alone with me?” l

He raised a brow and looked amused. “Why do men normally wish to be alone with a beautiful woman?”

There was a dark glitter in his heavy-lidded eyes as they came to rest on her lips that made Camille’s stomach muscles quiver. The penny dropped and Camille’s face was suffused in an instant rosy blush.

“You’re disgusting!” she choked, turning back to her handbag as though it was a safety blanket. Concentrating on the task in hand, she waited for the quivering in her belly to still.

“And you, Camille, were trying to change the subject.” His voice, deep and smooth as bitter chocolate, was far too close.

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