my boss in my bed

ed as he glanced towards her thoroughly ina

, jaguars

enough,’ she said breat

his arm and begging him to fly her home. ‘I’m sure Mr

rst thing about him. He lives here because it’s that dangerous, baby doll. H

s way he’d diminished h

er to forget her nerves.

nd dismissed her. And she’d proved them wrong, over and over aga

er of losing everyth

’t going to l

in. And to win she had to forget that she was probably the worst person in the world to be giv

thing except the conseq

e failed then they lost their

called in his loan,

hair away from her face, her eyes drawn upwards, following the straight lines of the trees that rose to such impressiv

d. ‘Isn’t he afraid

chewed on a piece of gu

afraid of

eard any more about th

let alone fight her cor

vered that her legs were

sed to say whether she was more afra

both with something approaching contempt, rejecting every invitation to

pers were full of curva

e world knew about his relentless pursuit of his billions, his prowess

that and the news of

after less than three mo

h stories that had lasted

impossible

heir relation

ested in making mo

f it was to be believed then Rafael Cordeiro w

she had to fight for he

ort of man that brough

m, she promised herself.

she was in her small sitting room at home, talking to the mirror a

lurch again and this tim

elicopter and everything to do with her past. A

nd her like a giant wav

mate test. And she wouldn’

ch was

to be afraid of Rafae

t, formal skirt and forced herself to move for

he fore

meeting was about business and, whatever murk hovered around the

iness into profit, he’d

and then she could fly home and leave the jaguars, the snakes an

e her suit stick to he

sn’t even comfortable in her clothes. Stooping to free the spindly heel

efcase in her hand and

res one more time

would that have made?

ed them to memory. Th

asn’t already fi

the walkway, she regained her bal

ront of her, as dark an

f the jungle, his body comple

was watc

r the physical impact o

pter, the rainforest a

background and she was

to conjure up physical images that were so f

are, as hundreds of women had

rs with the lethal acc

r body and every thoug

ettling moment she cou

ng here. Her body felt strangely lethargic and warmth

masculine voice was sufficient to wake her

a little start, desperat

embarrassi

her plan not to look at him. His physical presence and his film-star lo

s man was said to be ru

a winning combination

something about his cool scrutiny that made him more menacing and i

been telling the truth about o

ove, she walked toward

king the reassurance of

rs, Rafael Cordeiro would have attracted women

bronzed skin betrayed his Brazilian heritage and the soft fabric o

action to her arrival b

ng, showed no sign of welcome. It seemed that he was as unfriendly a

kway and leap into the

tter she would have tho