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‘Tell me what’s the matter.’ Urgently he searched her face.

Boyd reached down to take hold of her hand, and as he did so it went nerveless, and the earrings rolled out of her grasp.

‘What the hell is going on here? Why didn’t your brother have the guts to come to me and confess he’d taken the diamonds?’ he demanded.

‘Robbie had nothing to do with it.’

‘Oh, stop it!’ Boyd said, as though he’d totally run out of patience. How formidable he looked. How handsome! He had taken off his jacket but he was still in his evening clothes, the collar of his white shirt undone, his black dress tie hanging loose.

‘Someone’s coming!’ Leona gave a terrified gasp. She looked towards the entrance hall.

Boyd didn’t reply. He grabbed her, hauling her back against the green and gold curtains. ‘Kiss me,’ he ordered bluntly. ‘Kiss me and make it good!