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can’t breathe!” She shook herself loose.
    He looked at her, cocking his head to an angle. “I didn’t mean to hurt you. You know I would never hurt you on purpose.” Then his smile returned. “Is your memory returning?”
    She grabbed at the excuse. “No. That’s why I’m staying here until it returns enough for me to move on with my life.”
    “You don’t have to remember how much you love me. Come with me, and you’ll feel it all over again.”
    Panic pressed in around her. “I can’t.”
    Once again, his hands gripped her shoulders. All the gooeyness hardened, and his gaze drilled into hers. “You remember where you put the Manderlay, don’t you? You wouldn’t forget anything as important as that.”
    Her head spun at how fast his moods changed. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
    “The Manderlay, the alexandrite! Dammit, why wouldn’t you tell me where you hid it? You always played games like that, so secretive and coy.” His eyes narrowed. “Maybe you weren’t playing at all. Maybe you faked this whole stroke thing to blow me off and keep the Manderlay to yourself. Tell me you wouldn’t do that.” His fingers were digging into her flesh.
    “Ask the doctor to see my X-rays if you don’t believe me.”
    His face relaxed a bit, but his voice sounded hard. “I’ve already seen them. Hallie, come with me now. There is nothing here for you. You know how much I love you—”
    “I’m not Hallie!” she screamed, pushing away his arms. Then she stopped, realizing what she’d just said. He stared at her, his dark brown eyes shining like onyx.
    Then he smiled and moved toward her again. “I love our games, but I’m not in the mood for baron/baroness or whatever persona you’re playing now.”
    She bit her lip, trying to keep another outburst at bay. “Give me time to remember everything. I’ll remember where the Manderlay is and I’ll tell you.”
    Again his mood swung full tilt, and he grinned and hugged her tightly again. “When we’re living in France, I’ll make mad love to you every day at precisely noon.”
    She pulled away, trying to keep the panic from her voice. “I have to go now. They’re expecting me back.”
    His expression sobered. “I’ll be watching you. And waiting. You’re mine. Whatever Jamie DiBarto has in mind by playing devotedhusband, remember what I did to that other guy who tried to steal you away from me.”
    “What did you do to him?”
    He raised an eyebrow. “He just got out of the hospital a week ago. Why don’t you ask him?”
    She ran then, as fast as she could toward the house that now looked like a safe haven rather than a cold fortress. In her mind, Mick’s hands reached out and pulled her back, but she didn’t dare turn around to see if he pursued.

 
     
    CHAPTER 4
     
     
    Jamie stood near the back door with his arms crossed over his chest. He knew the smug grin on his face belied the frostiness in his blue eyes. Hallie’s gaze flickered toward him, then back at the door she headed toward. Was she going to walk right by him without even a hint of guilt on her features? She looked flushed and winded.
    His light tone of voice came out forced despite his effort. “I thought we were beyond the point sneaking around to see him. He could have picked you up at the end of the drive in broad daylight. Or maybe sneaking around was part of the allure.”
    Hallie clenched her hands, but he could see that they trembled. “I was not sneaking around. I didn’t invite him here.” Her voice sounded close to hysteria, but she kept it under control with tight lips.
    “So you just happened to run into him in our yard? One of those, ‘I was in the neighborhood’ things, maybe? In the neighborhood miles from his home, after scaling a cement wall…”
    “Jamie, stop.” She pressed her fingers to her temples. “I know you won’t believe anything I say, so I’m not going to stand here and argue with you. I need to be alone.” With eyes