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‘Is everything all right?’

Elliot jumped, his heart racing when he discovered that Polly was bending down beside the open window. Before he could stop himself he found himself taking rapid stock of large hazel eyes, a straight little nose, and a perfectly curved Cupid’s bow mouth. His racing heart raced a bit faster. He hadn’t noticed it before, but all of a sudden he realised how attractive she was...

‘Are you sure you’re OK?’

A slim hand reached out to close around his arm and Elliot flinched. It wasn’t her touch per se, but the effect it had on him. Heat poured through his veins, so that all of a sudden it felt as though he was on fire. What the hell was going on? Why was he burning up because this woman had touched him? It certainly fell beyond the range of rational explanation. All he could do was pray it would stop—and stop soon. Stop before the damage became permanent.

Panic rose inside him, adding to the conflagration. He didn’t want to respond to her this way—didn’t want to start yearning for things he had sworn he didn’t need. He wanted his life to remain exactly the same as it had been for the past eight years. And yet he had a feeling that it was already too late—that what had happened today had changed things… changed him. He took a deep breath as his vision swam. Today was going to affect his whole future, and there wasn’t a thing he could do about it!