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pressed heavier than she was. After a few more swift yanks, she appeared out the hole and he felt bad as he dragged her across the grass.
    She stood up, smiling weakly, even though she looked exhausted. The light from the torch illuminated her whole body. Cameron could quite clearly see a large, black dragon tattoo on her right side, whose tail dipped below the waist of her knickers and ended up Lord knows where.
    Cameron quickly tossed the rope to one side and ripped his jacket off, wrapping it around her, partly so he wouldn’t have to see her incredible figure anymore. If he didn’t know better, he would think she was doing this deliberately.
    ‘Are you hurt?’
    ‘No, well my ankle is very sore but it’s my pride more than anything, I should have been looking where I was going.’
    Her hair was matted against her head, any make-up she had been wearing was long gone and yet he had never seen anything quite so adorable in his life as Milly, bedraggled and staring up at him with those wide, sea blue eyes.
    She shivered against him and he suddenly found himself scooping her up in his arms and carrying her back to the castle.
    She giggled against him. ‘Cameron, I’m perfectly capable of walking.’
    ‘And falling down another hole? I don’t trust you.’
    She sighed and linked her arms round his neck to stop herself from bouncing around as he walked. The warmth of her breath on his skin did nothing to stop the inappropriate thoughts from running through his head.
    He burst through the back door and sat her down on the table.
    ‘Are you sure you’re not hurt?’ He scanned her, thankful that the only part of her body he could now see was her lower legs.
    ‘I’m fine, freezing but fine. Please stop worrying. I promise I’m not going to sue you or anything.’
    That hadn’t even crossed his mind.
    ‘I’ll run you a bath and then I’ll make you some dinner.’
    ‘Cameron …’
    He strode off towards the bathroom before she could protest and started filling the oversized tub with hot water.
    He came back out and gestured for her to go in, hopefully giving her a look that was not to be argued with.
    She sighed and slid off the table, causing his jacket and her dress to ride up her thighs. What was she trying to do to him?
    She kicked her shoes off and shuffled past him into the bathroom and closed the door. He leaned his forehead against it and closed his eyes.
    Having her here was going to be trouble.
    ‘Cameron Heartstone, I can still see your feet under the door. If you’re spying on me, there’s going to be trouble.’
    She was playing with him but he stepped away from the door regardless, little did she know that he had already seen her nearly naked body in its full, spectacular glory.
    He tried to occupy himself so he wouldn’t think about her lying in his bath mere metres away from where he stood. He tidied her shoes to one side of the room, since she had left them in the middle of the floor. He put the pie back in the oven with a tray of chips and made a fire in his lounge. He went to retrieve the rope and torch and as he was trying to distract himself with reading the paper, he heard the bathroom door open and a few moments later she appeared in his lounge, wearing just his robe, her hair wrapped up in a towel.
    She was naked underneath his robe. He swallowed, trying to take his eyes off her. She smelt like him, having evidently used his shower gel and his shampoo. The fact that she had inadvertently marked herself with his scent somehow appealed to his inner caveman. How could something so simple turn him on so much?
    He stood up. ‘Sit down, I’ll just finish off the dinner.’
    She did as she was told and he walked out into the kitchen just to be away from her. He dished up the pie and chips and carried them back through to his lounge. She was curled up in one corner, drying her hair.
    ‘It smells delicious, you didn’t have to do this,’ she said, taking the plate and tucking into the pie,