to conversation about the book she had been reading before she went to sleep... How embarrassing was it that this man-a man whose every movement was a

relative of

housekeeper would be doing in th

same thing, as he gave her a mock

to tell me wh

y muscled chest, those dark eyes narrowed on her ominously. "I think a more interesting question to answer

own beneath the man's tight black sweater, now recoiled as she hear

wh

t it's any of your business, but my name is Caroline Anderson, and I'm staying here so that I migh

straightened, his dark gaze incredulous as it

why that should mean anything to him. At the same time she

nows you'

b done," Why was she explaining herself to this man? What was it about him that compelled he

home," the burglar-who-wasn't-a-burglar murmured, with a self-derisi

gaped! This tall, dark and magnetically handsome man was Nicholas Connelly himself. The son of F

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are at him with a frown on her face. She probably had to sit down before she fell down, Nicholas acknowledged ruefully. No doubt it had been unnerving earlier, for th

were coming here? I mean, does he know that you're here?" Surely Frank would

cholas sai

O

him that I was coming, Caroline. I thought I'd just lay low here for a few days bef

me physical resemblance with his father? Probably because she had

two and two together and realized this man was probably rel

lance between me and my dad?" Ni

r father and let him know that you are here," she sa

course, do what

t Frank had once told her that he had one child. An only son who Caroline now realized was looking at her with far too much familiarity. Th

u excuse me for a few moments? If we are going to continue this conversation I would like to go u

it," he confirmed. "And isn't

is man's strong arms wearing nothing more than a pair of thin cotton pajamas... "N

away, pretty sure that the good assistant was going u

e library. The first thing she did when she got to her room was call Frank, who

ed up, "Why are you calling so la

sir, but your son showed up at the house not too long ago and