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vouchers Dan had left for me, when
I’d moved in. I handed them over and we were seated and ordered a bottle of
white wine and I tried to break the obvious tension, by talking about one of
the books I was working on, that Tom had wanted to be given. We ended up
laughing as we finished our main courses. I really needed to just relax and
take this one step at a time. ‘Please excuse me and no eating my dessert when
it arrives,’ I warned, as I put my napkin down and headed to the ladies. I
touched up my lip gloss and fluffed out my hair before heading out, as I tugged
on the hem of my dress again. Brooke had insisted it wasn’t too short, I had to
disagree, this was a clubbing style dress, not Sunday lunch at The Savoy. ‘Damn
it,’ I muttered, as I spotted a loose thread. I tugged it as I walked, trying to
snap it off and walked straight into a wall of muscle and fell straight on my
backside in an ungainly heap.
    ‘Shit, Ellie are you ok?’
    ‘Embarrassed,’ I replied, as I quickly put my
knees together to protect my modesty, right at the time I froze, as that deep
voice stirred memories in me and made all the hairs on my arms stand to
attention. I closed my eyes quickly and took a deep breath. Please no, I
thought. It couldn’t be him, not here, not in London.
    ‘Ellie?’ came his unmistakable voice again. I
gulped, the last time I’d seen him I’d fled in tears and now here I was in a
crumpled heap on the floor of a luxury hotel.
    ‘Please go away,’ I whispered. ‘I don’t want to
see you.’
    ‘I can’t leave you on the floor flashing your
knickers at everyone, take my hand.’
    ‘My knees are together,’ I protested, as I slowly
opened my eyes. My heart started racing as I saw he was crouched in front of
me, his knees parted showing a visible bulge that made my mouth water, along
with other parts of my anatomy. I trailed my eyes up to see he was in a black
three piece suit, with a white shirt and purple tie, and had to swallow hard as
his square clean shaven chin, perfectly formed lips and those ridiculous
deep green eyes came into view and locked on mine. I saw his pupils expand and
his nostrils flare as we just looked at each other for a moment. I suddenly
felt hot and dizzy.
    ‘Then how do I know that you’re wearing green lace
knickers, like the ones I ripped off you?’ he asked, his lips curving up into
that sexy smile I’d never forget.
    ‘Please go away,’ I begged. I hadn’t shed a tear
over him in five months, but suddenly the sting in my eyes warned me that there
was a backlog waiting to flow. All my twisted mixed up feelings of love, lust,
hurt and betrayal were swirling around in the pit of my stomach. A shot of
energy flowed up my arm as he grabbed my hand and pulled me up, before slipping
an arm around my waist as I wobbled.
    ‘I’m so sorry how things were left between us.’
    ‘You’ve already said that, a number of times if I
recall. I’d really like to get back to my dessert.’
    ‘You’re trembling,’ he observed, as I looked at
the knot of his tie, it was done in a sophisticated double Windsor. If I’d
thought rough and ready Dan looked hot, this was just blowing that look out of
the water.
    ‘I just fell over, it has nothing to do with you,’
I replied, trying to sound as emotionless and cold as I could.
    ‘Don’t lie, Ellie. You’ve missed me as much as
I’ve missed you. I can feel your heart beating extra fast, the pulse point in
your neck is racing and you’re all flushed. You want me, you remember how good
we were don’t you?’
    ‘All I can remember is that you’re married and an
arsehole, so dream on, it’s never happening again,’ I bit and shoved him as
hard as I could. He barely even wobbled and I could hardly breathe, his unique sexy
smell and physical proximity were firing off all sorts of memories, hot, sexual,
happy memories. Why couldn’t I focus on the memories of how much he hurt me? He
grabbed my chin and pulled my face up to his. I