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grudging respect for the fact that Audra had come here tonight despite the fact that Nick had discarded her so callously in the week.
When the two of them found themselves alone upstairs in one of the bathrooms later in the evening she could not help but feel wary, and not just because of the marked attention Nick had been paying her all evening.
Audra gave her a sideways glance as she retouched her lipgloss. 'I expected to see you here tonight,' she said conversationally.
'Really?' she brushed her hair. 'Then you knew a lot more than I did.'
'You just didn't listen to me before, did you, Danielle?'
'Sorry?'
'I won't lose Nick,' the other woman snapped, ready to leave the bathroom now.
She shrugged. 'I think you may already be too late to stop that happening.'
Brown eyes flashed the other woman's hatred of her. 'But I can so easily get him back again.'
'Then do so,' she invited, beginning to tense at the venomous gleam in the other woman's eyes.
"God, I could—' Audra unclenched her hands with effort. 'I want him back, Danielle,' she spoke in a calmer voice now. 'And if I have to I'll use what I saw this afternoon to do it.' She watched as Danielle paled, satisfaction in her expression. 'You know what I mean?'
'Yes, I know what you mean,' her voice was so soft it could barely be heard in the silence of the room.
'Then you'll give Nick up.' It was a statement rather than a question.
'He' She started again. 'He isn't mine to give up,' she shook her head.
'Do your best,' Audra drawled, picking up her clutch-bag and leaving.
Danielle drew in a controlling breath. The other woman would carry out her threat if pushed to. And if she did that...!
..
CHAPTER FOUR
She couldn't sleep; how could she with the threat now hanging over her head? Much as she hated Nick and wanted to punish him for the past, she wanted to protect that past too. No matter how much Nick deserved to pay for his arrogance she would have to stay as far away from him as she could in future, or as far away as he would let her!
The ringing of the doorbell interrupted her pained thoughts, and she knew as she glanced at the clock at her bedside and saw it was two in the morning that her visitor could only be Nick Andracas—he was the only person she knew who would have the arrogance and nerve to wake someone up this time of morning!
She pulled on her negligee over her nightgown, going to the door. 'What do you want?' she hissed through the thickness of the wood.
'As I'm standing outside your apartment it must be obvious I want to speak to you,' he made no concessions to what time it was by lowering his own voice.
'You spoke to me—earlier.'
'Before you left so abruptly,' he acknowledged grimly. 'I want to know what Audra said to you.'
Poor Lewis, she had dragged him away from the party as soon as she could after Audra had made her threat, assuring him that Nick wouldn't notice their absence among so many other guests, not wanting to talk to him again when she was feeling so raw. She had been as wrong about underestimating him as she had about the actress.
'I don't know what you're talking about,' she dismissed. 'Now if you don't mind, I'd like to go to bed. And shouldn't you be returning to your guests?' she added pointedly.
'My last guest left fifteen minutes ago,' he rasped. 'That's why I'm here.'
'All of your guests left?' she mocked. When she and Lewis had left so suddenly Audra had been leaning so close to Nick she was almost a part of him.
'All of them,' he confirmed abruptly. 'Now will you open this door and talk to me?'
'No.'
'Danielle—'
'I'm sorry,' she cut in sharply, knowing how close he was to losing his volcanic patience. 'But I don't intend opening this door to anyone this time of night.'
'You know it's me, damn you,' he ground out.
She could imagine the fury in his face, knew how he hated to be thwarted. 'Of course I know it's you,' she said softly. 'That's just another reason for not
When the two of them found themselves alone upstairs in one of the bathrooms later in the evening she could not help but feel wary, and not just because of the marked attention Nick had been paying her all evening.
Audra gave her a sideways glance as she retouched her lipgloss. 'I expected to see you here tonight,' she said conversationally.
'Really?' she brushed her hair. 'Then you knew a lot more than I did.'
'You just didn't listen to me before, did you, Danielle?'
'Sorry?'
'I won't lose Nick,' the other woman snapped, ready to leave the bathroom now.
She shrugged. 'I think you may already be too late to stop that happening.'
Brown eyes flashed the other woman's hatred of her. 'But I can so easily get him back again.'
'Then do so,' she invited, beginning to tense at the venomous gleam in the other woman's eyes.
"God, I could—' Audra unclenched her hands with effort. 'I want him back, Danielle,' she spoke in a calmer voice now. 'And if I have to I'll use what I saw this afternoon to do it.' She watched as Danielle paled, satisfaction in her expression. 'You know what I mean?'
'Yes, I know what you mean,' her voice was so soft it could barely be heard in the silence of the room.
'Then you'll give Nick up.' It was a statement rather than a question.
'He' She started again. 'He isn't mine to give up,' she shook her head.
'Do your best,' Audra drawled, picking up her clutch-bag and leaving.
Danielle drew in a controlling breath. The other woman would carry out her threat if pushed to. And if she did that...!
..
CHAPTER FOUR
She couldn't sleep; how could she with the threat now hanging over her head? Much as she hated Nick and wanted to punish him for the past, she wanted to protect that past too. No matter how much Nick deserved to pay for his arrogance she would have to stay as far away from him as she could in future, or as far away as he would let her!
The ringing of the doorbell interrupted her pained thoughts, and she knew as she glanced at the clock at her bedside and saw it was two in the morning that her visitor could only be Nick Andracas—he was the only person she knew who would have the arrogance and nerve to wake someone up this time of morning!
She pulled on her negligee over her nightgown, going to the door. 'What do you want?' she hissed through the thickness of the wood.
'As I'm standing outside your apartment it must be obvious I want to speak to you,' he made no concessions to what time it was by lowering his own voice.
'You spoke to me—earlier.'
'Before you left so abruptly,' he acknowledged grimly. 'I want to know what Audra said to you.'
Poor Lewis, she had dragged him away from the party as soon as she could after Audra had made her threat, assuring him that Nick wouldn't notice their absence among so many other guests, not wanting to talk to him again when she was feeling so raw. She had been as wrong about underestimating him as she had about the actress.
'I don't know what you're talking about,' she dismissed. 'Now if you don't mind, I'd like to go to bed. And shouldn't you be returning to your guests?' she added pointedly.
'My last guest left fifteen minutes ago,' he rasped. 'That's why I'm here.'
'All of your guests left?' she mocked. When she and Lewis had left so suddenly Audra had been leaning so close to Nick she was almost a part of him.
'All of them,' he confirmed abruptly. 'Now will you open this door and talk to me?'
'No.'
'Danielle—'
'I'm sorry,' she cut in sharply, knowing how close he was to losing his volcanic patience. 'But I don't intend opening this door to anyone this time of night.'
'You know it's me, damn you,' he ground out.
She could imagine the fury in his face, knew how he hated to be thwarted. 'Of course I know it's you,' she said softly. 'That's just another reason for not
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