Chapter 80

“All because you couldn’t see past your own pathetic experience,” Angela continued caustically. “Like I said, selfish and shallow. Of course, most really good-looking men are tarred with the same brush. You imagine that you’re so irresistible, just because you were born with a great body and loads of sex appeal. You think I don’t know that your arrogant nose is put out of joint because I don’t swoon every time you come into the room? Or that you’re seriously irritated by the fact I can play poker better than you can? I might have more respect for you, Sebastian Lawrence, if just once you behaved with some depth and sensitivity. But no, you just keep on keeping on in your usual superficial playboy fashion, acting like a spoiled brat when you don’t get your way!”

By now her voice had risen slightly and Sebastian cast a desperate glance around, relieved to see that Neil had finished his hosing down and was nowhere in sight.

“But most pathetic of all,” Angela swept on, regar