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yesterday, when I pulled you out of the hole. I could see that you weren’t wearing a bra,’ he mumbled.
    She felt her mouth fall open. ‘I was absolutely wearing a bra. Do you think I turn up for business meetings not wearing a bra? What made you think I wasn’t wearing one?’
    ‘I could see your nipples.’
    ‘My nipples,’ Milly squeaked. They hadn’t known each other for twenty-four hours and she had seen his willy and here they were talking about her nipples.
    He nodded ‘And your dragon tattoo.’
    ‘And you never thought to tell me?’
    ‘I didn’t want to embarrass you.’
    ‘Like you are now.’
    ‘Well, I wasn’t planning on ever telling you.’
    ‘Just keep it to yourself, you dirty pervert.’
    His head snapped up, flashing her a smouldering look. ‘I wasn’t the one that was standing ogling for a good five minutes, at least I had the good grace to cover you up when you were exposing yourself to me. You could have looked away.’
    Holy shit, the atmosphere was so electric between them. The way he was staring at her so angrily yet so hungrily was such a turn on. She wanted to grab him, kiss him hard and drag him back into the bedroom. She had never had such unprofessional thoughts before. In fact, she had never wanted any man as much as she wanted him.
    A bubble of laughter suddenly burst from her throat at the ridiculousness of the situation.
    The look of hunger completely vanished from his eyes and was quickly replaced with the cautious look of someone dealing with an insane person. It made her laugh even more. Any professionalism she was desperately clinging onto was slipping through her fingers like sand.
    ‘For God’s sake, put some bloody clothes on and I’ll make us some breakfast,’ she said, stepping out of his way.
    He stared at her in complete confusion then shuffled into the bedroom and closed the door.
    Gregory was waiting for her in the kitchen wagging his tail, his tongue lolling out of his mouth as if he found the whole thing hilarious too. He was a big, tatty, muddy beast who clearly hadn’t had a bath for weeks or even months.
    She gave him a little curtsey. ‘Will Sir Gregory be wanting his breakfast too?’
    Gregory licked his lips as if in answer and she laughed. She moved to the fridge and pulled out some bacon and eggs, determined to move things on to more friendly grounds with Cameron when he came out.

    C ameron walked into the kitchen and sighed with annoyance. She was still in his robe and he didn’t think anything could be sexier than Milly wearing it, with her tangle of blonde and pink hair tumbling down her back. She was barefoot as she padded round the kitchen, singing to herself and it was almost impossible not to remember that underneath she was completely naked. He didn’t want to be attracted to her. After the last three women he dated had sold their stories to the papers, he had sworn off having any kind of relationship ever again. Yet the feelings he had for her were beyond inappropriate and he was a little bit angry with her for making him feel that way.
    She turned round and caught him looking at her. Whatever she saw in his face made the smile fall from hers.
    ‘What is it now?’ she said.
    ‘I would have thought you’d have put some clothes on by now. Walking round my home, half naked, it’s not the professionalism I expected from Castle Heritage.’
    ‘I was making breakfast.’
    ‘I don’t need you to make breakfast for me. You are a business associate, not my girlfriend. I’m quite capable of making my own breakfast.’
    ‘You said we might as well eat together.’
    ‘I didn’t mean for you to cook for me.’
    She stared at him for a moment in shock and he regretted saying it immediately. It wasn’t her fault he was attracted to her and didn’t want to take it any further.
    She turned back to the stove, grabbed a plate filled with all manner of breakfast delights and slammed it down on the table next to him so hard that the sausage