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seemed arranged perfectly and framed a pretty dark-eyed face. She wore a gray pencil skirt with a ruffle up the front and a white blouse that clung tightly to her sleek figure. Her long legs were crossed and she sat in Tyler’s office as if she owned the place. She looked at Kirsty with the ghost of a quizzical smile playing over her full lips.
    ‘Who might you be?’ she asked.
    ‘I’m...Kirsty. Kirsty Moore. I’m looking for Tyler. Is he here?’
    ‘Ah, so you’re the infamous Kirsty I’ve heard so much about.’
    ‘Heard about? I don’t understand.’
    The woman nodded as if she was talking to a small child. ‘Of course you don’t. But your name has been mentioned quite a lot lately...behind Tyler Blake’s back, to Tyler Blake’s face...in board meetings.’
    ‘Board meetings?’
    ‘Especially in board meetings.’
    ‘But I don’t have anything to do with...’
    ‘TGA Enterprises?’
    ‘That’s Tyler’s company.’
    The woman chuckled. ‘My dear, hasn’t he ever told you what the company name stands for?’
    ‘Tyler...Gerald...’
    ‘...and Anastasia. That’s me, by the way. Anastasia Golde. I’m sure Tyler told you all about his adventures buying up run down factories and turning them into profitable companies. He probably even showed you the photos he took of all those abandoned factories. But did he mention the two partners he started TGA Enterprises with? Gerald Gorman or myself? No mention of the Board of Directors?’
    ‘No. He never really spoke about work in detail.’
    ‘Hmm, no. I expect he was busy doing...other things.’ She looked Kirsty up and down like a cat inspecting a sewer rat. Kirsty suddenly felt very cold and damp and ugly and fat. She felt like she was back in school being picked on by the pretty girls.
    ‘I don’t have anything to do with TGA Enterprises,’ Kirsty said.
    ‘Oh, but you do. Just over a month ago, Tyler was in Milan trying to acquire an automotive parts company for TGA. I say ‘trying’ because he failed. Miserably. His assistant Keith Harmon tried to seal the deal but by then Tyler had already messed it up. You know why your boyfriend did such a poor job?’
    Kirsty shook her head. She knew Tyler had been in Milan when he called her to say he was taking a month off work but she didn’t know he had messed anything up.
    ‘He failed because of you,’ Anastasia said. ‘He virtually told Keith Harmon as much after the deal went out of the window. You distract him, although I can hardly see why.’ She flashed another disgusted look over Kirsty.
    ‘He needed a break,’ Kirsty said, immediately jumping to Tyler’s defence. ‘He was tired.’
    ‘Well he can have a long break now,’ Anastasia replied. ‘He took a month’s vacation to be with you, disregarding all his business commitments. That isn’t how TGA works. The business comes first. We held an emergency Board meeting in Tyler’s absence and commenced a takeover of the company. Gerald and I together hold more shares than Tyler. The Board agreed. A vote of no confidence was passed.’
    ‘I don’t understand.’
    Anastasia smiled patronizingly. ‘Of course you don’t. Let me put it simply. Tyler Blake is no longer in control of any of TGA’s assets. That includes this publishing company, his apartment in Chelsea, and his little love nest in Cornwall.’
    ‘His home?’
    ‘It’s a TGA asset. If you hear from him, tell him he needs to arrange a date to collect his belongings.’
    ‘But where is he? Where is he living?’
    ‘No idea.’
    ‘I need to contact him,’ Kirsty said, making for the door. Tyler needed her support. Why hadn’t he called her?
    Anastasia slid off the desk and walked to the window overlooking London. ‘I must say, Kirsty, I’m very surprised.’
    Kirsty stopped, her hand on the door handle. ‘What do you mean?’
    ‘I’m surprised that Tyler would go for someone like you. I knew he was crazy when he insisted on taking a month’s vacation. I assumed