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I mean, is he new in town? Where did he come from?” I was pretty damn sure that I hadn’t ever seen him anywhere before. I knew that I wouldn’t ever forget a face like that.
    “I’m not sure really.” She shrugged and carried on checking out the scene in the VIP room around us. “I haven’t been able to find out much about him, except that he’s the next big thing in town.”
    I couldn’t stop myself from keeping glancing back at the door that Milligan had disappeared through, waiting for him to reappear. He didn’t.
    “We’d better go back and make sure that Harper’s okay.” I said to Destiny, feeling fed up. I didn’t think Milligan was going to come back, and I was starting to get a little bored up there. The music and the atmosphere were a lot more subdued and I was starting to lose my buzz. Dee had to drag her eyes away from the guy that she had been eye-fucking for the last ten minutes. According to her, he was a drummer in some metalcore band. I could see the appeal, but it had been Milligan that had caught my attention tonight. After seeing him, I was spoilt for all other men. Who could live up to that luscious vision?
    “He’ll be fine. Don’t worry so much.” She said, looking back over her shoulder at the drummer with a sly smile. “I’m staying right here. He looks like he’s going to come over here any minute now.” Dee winked at me. Personally, I didn’t think he was going to make a move on her, merely enjoying the attention she was throwing his way.
    “I’ll be back up in a bit, then.”
    I didn’t see the point in hanging around there if she was too distracted by the man-candy surrounding her. Plus, it didn’t seem like Milligan was going to be returning any time soon. I didn’t think that he would have had too much time for socialising anyway seeing as the club was only newly opened and it was heaving with wall-to-wall sweaty, writhing bodies. He was going to have his work cut out for him keeping this place at the top.
    I made my way across the VIP room and back over to the stairs where the doormen parted to let me through. I smiled a limp thank you at them and made my way back down to Harper.
    Just as I neared the bottom of the stairs, the heel of my shoe snagged on something and I went sprawling forward. There was no time for me to scream or even to fling my arms out to try to save myself. I grimaced as the floor rushed towards me, knowing that it wasn’t going to be pretty
    Suddenly, a pair of strong hands gripped me and held me steady on my feet. The wooden floor of the nightclub was no longer rushing towards me, threatening to smash my face beyond all recognition. I slowly looked up and felt like I was falling all over again.
    “Are you okay?” Milligan asked.
    I couldn’t answer him for a moment as those hypnotic eyes bored into me and stole my fragile breath. I took in a deep gulp of air and felt light headed. “Yes. I am now. Thank you.”
    “Can you stand?”
    I realised that he was still tenderly holding onto my arms and that I was still leaning into him from the second step up. Even though just being near him seemed to cloud my senses, I still had the presence of mind to be embarrassed by my reaction to him. I straightened myself up and made it down the last couple of steps on my own, holding on tight to the smooth wooden banister rail to keep my jelly legs from failing me. I was glad that he still kept one warm hand on my arm. I needed his help to balance, but more than that, I was enjoying his touch. I was still feeling a little shaken up and with him standing that close to me, his presence wasn’t exactly helping matters.
    “That was a close call.” I tried to joke but the shake in my voice kind of ruined the effect.
    “It was lucky that I was passing.”
    “Yes, very lucky for me.” Something about him rendered me speechless and I glanced down at the floor, blushing at my stupidity. He seemed so dominant and self-assured, even if there was a large