ily she applied her makeup, all thoughts of her earlier play-time in the shower were forgotten, she simply didn’t have time to finish. That

at the elbow, she preferred clothes that covered her arms but didn’t cling to them, Rosa had always been self-consci

e ran out the door, barely rem

men on the train stared at her like she was some

t of course she had always dismissed that notion as pure nonsense. Men did not find women who were plump attractive,

t in public that they were together, the only place he ever held her

o stupid? Wasting so much time with a man who didn’t even really like her! S

dow and she could tell from the tone of his voice that he was not succeeding in pulling the deal back from the brink,

iles she had sent out, that moment Mr Ax

it? It was sent yesterday! My staff

er and pushed his hand back through his hair. Sparkling blue eyes filled with anger

jaw had a fine sprinkling of dark stubble, in Rosa's mind it made him even more handsome, it gave him a sort of

s watched rosa with a look of curiosity, as s

a little distracted.” R

hts, I hope

was as though he knew exactly what she was thinking, but of course that was impossible, the more

er gaze kept averted as she moved out of the room, she heard Axel

had my professionalism gone? I needed to put my head down and

of the screen flashed at

ending her private messages? Clicking it open,

user name was si

f her co-workers, everyone seemed to be intent on their own work, n

it but it kept on nagging in her brain. Mr Axel first n