now she could make out the faint eeriness in her voice. Her heart lurched because suddenly this had stopped feelin

like a naughty schoolgirl who had been summoned in front of the principal. And something about the w

t her. 'Just

.' He smiled. 'Name stil

tly into the distant recesses of her mi

ur brother

en't seen William in years. He lives in America.' She ga

also used to work

e frowned. 'Oh,

had no right to storm in and sit on one of her sofas, uninvited. Or to sit there barking out questions. The trouble was that she was ex

or lunch. So cut to the chase and tell me why you're here, Miss Annie James. Is my dear daddy having one of his occasional bouts of remorse and wondering how his children are getting on? Are you one of his heavies who he's sent to find out how I am? In which ca

r troubled background was never going to end up taking the conventional path in life. Except she knew that adversity didn't necessarily have to make you spoilt

oing to be okay. Hadn't people been doing that all her life-with predictable results? Quite frankly, she was itching to lay Kare

a business deal with

d flippantly. 'No doubt

walked away from the deal without looking back. But the acquisition of this imposing tower block in this part of London wasn't just something she'd set her heart on-a lifetime dream she'd never thought she'd achieve just shy of her thirtieth birthday. It was more than t

ad outlined his outrageous demand. 'Do

eren't for Peter she could have ended up serving time in prison. Her life could have been very different. Surely it wasn't b

, which was sending subliminal messages to her body and making a pulse at her he

too busy casting longing looks in the dire

now own this apartme

ket of icy water thrown over it. But it didn't take longer than a couple of seconds for her natural arroga

It's one of his key investments. Why would he sell it without

ows. Annie wondered if she would have found the news less shocking if the purchase had been made by so

' she said. 'And he wants to free up some of his mon

fect brow. 'I had no idea he

he might know what was going on in his life, but she wasn't here to judge her. She was here to of

ew in a deep breath. 'Which means, of course, that there are going to be a number of changes. T

use

'which I can rent out for an astronomical monthly sum. At the moment you are payin