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concerned about you.’
    She stiffened. ‘Me?’ she echoed sharply, a pulse beating erratically in her throat. ‘Why on earth should you be concerned about me?’
    He gave a slight shake of his head. ‘I don’t know… There’s something different about you.’
    She turned away, swallowing hard. She was sure her pregnancy still didn’t show; her black silk trouser suit, with its mid-thigh-length jacket, completely hid the thickening of her waistline and slightly larger breasts.
    The latter had been quite unexpected, and were a bonus as far as Andie was concerned; she had always thought herself lacking in that particular area!
    So in what way was she ‘different’…?
    â€˜That bad dose of flu took a lot out of me,’ she excused.
    Adam disagreed. ‘It isn’t just that. Andie—’
    â€˜Leave it, Adam,’ she cut in sharply, sure she knew what he was about to say. She didn’t want to hear it!
    This man had been, and probably still was, in love with her mother, and, while she might be deeply in love with Adam herself, she was not willing to be a substitute for another woman—not even her own mother!
    Adam turned, reaching out to lightly grasp her shoulders as he gently turned her to face him. ‘I think we need to talk—’
    Her eyes flashed deeply green in the moonlight. ‘Why?’ she challenged, her head held back proudly.
    He looked grim. ‘You know why, damn it!’
    â€˜I have no idea what you’re talking about,’ she returned. ‘Now if you don’t mind, I came out here to appreciate the peace and quiet—not to engage in a verbal fencing matchwith you!’ She glared at him. ‘Besides,’ she added, ‘we both know how much you hate all this clean country air!’
    Adam came down to the estate most weekends when he wasn’t busy elsewhere, but he had never made any secret of the fact that he simply did not understand the liking Rome and his family had for country life.
    â€˜I could grow to like it, if I had to,’ he said quietly.
    Her mouth tightened. ‘There’s absolutely no reason why you should,’ she responded hardly. ‘I think one of us should do the decent thing—and go back inside and rescue Audrey from my father’s foul temper!’
    Why didn’t he just let her go? She cried inwardly. His grasp wasn’t tight on her arms, and yet she still tingled from his touch, warmth spreading through the whole of her body, her legs starting to feel as if they couldn’t support her weight.
    She still turned to liquid gold at his merest touch? After all that had happened? Despite all the complications her baby was going to cause in her life? In spite of the fact that Adam would never—could never—return her feelings!
    She gave a self-disgusted shake of her head. Adam was way beyond her reach—even more so now!—and always would be…
    â€˜I—’ Adam abruptly broke off any reply he might have been going to make to her suggestion as the sound of shattering glass was clearly heard from the direction of the dining-room, quickly followed by the sound of raised voices.
    Andie turned back in alarm towards the house. ‘You don’t suppose Rome has completely lost it, do you, and actually attacked Audrey?’ She gasped even as she pulled away from Adam and ran back towards the French doors that led into the dining-room.
    From the scene that met her eyes as she rushed back intothe room, Andie had a feeling it was probably more a case of the other way round!
    Her father was alone in the room now, standing back from the table, the front of his white shirt and the black dinner jacket looking more than a little damp, a shattered wineglass on the table-top in front of where he had previously been seated.
    â€˜What the hell have you done to Audrey?’ Adam demanded, obviously having assessed the situation in a couple of