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been so damned tired that he could hardly be bothered to enjoy what should have been the highlight of the evening.
    With Heather, it would be different. She was anchored in the country. He had a rosy image of her waiting there for him, waiting for her man. The idea of a roast in the oven was taking things a little too far, but it would really make a pleasant change to down-pedal a bit. He didn’t know how much experience she had of city life but he would bet that the closest she had ever come to it would have been on television. The simplicity of what she had to offer would be a breath of fresh air. Heck, he might even bring her up to London now and again, take her to a play or some such thing, open her eyes to the big, bad world out there.
    The more Leo thought about it, the more he figured that he needed a restful relationship, at least for the time being. What could be more restful than an artist, someone in tune with Nature? And yet wrapped up in such a sexy package that just thinking of her sent his mind further south.
    Add to that the fact that time spent with his mother and Daniel was infinitely easier when she was in the mix, and Leo was satisfied that he had done the right thing in accepting the cup of coffee that was even now going slightly tepid. He took a sip and made some inconsequential remark about her being right, that the complicated coffee-making machine really did live up to its spec.
    At the same time, his eyes lingered over her flushed face tinged with pink, the full breasts…God, when he thought about touching them again—not just a schoolboy grope under a tee shirt, but stripping her of her clothes and lavishing them with his full, undivided attention—spending time, taking those rosebud nipples into his mouth and hearing her moan as he suckled on them…
    ‘I’m surprised we didn’t meet sooner.’ He tore himself away from his erotic, meandering thoughts.
    ‘Are you? Why?’
    ‘You live just round the corner, so to speak. I would have expected Katherine to have invited you up to the house for a meal.’
    ‘You mean on a weekend? When you happened to be down?’
    Leo didn’t much care for the way she said that— when you happened to be down —but he let it go. He was in an extremely good mood now and he wasn’t going to jeopardise it over a dodgy tone of voice.
    ‘You weren’t down very often, though, were you? I mean, how often did you visit your mother before Daniel arrived?’
    ‘I have a lot of work commitments, as I think I’ve mentioned to you before,’ Leo said, standing up to pour himself another mug of coffee and then returning to the chair, angling it to one side so that he could stretch out his legs. He could think of better things to do than talking, now that their differences were settled, but since talking seemed to be on the agenda he might just as well make himself as comfortable as he could. ‘It’s always very difficult finding time. I’m abroad a lot. I’ve never been a nine to five kind of guy. Sure, some are content with that, but there’s no gain without pain.’ He shrugged. ‘That’s just the way it is.’
    Heather knew that all too well. That kiss, that mistake that she had allowed to happen, had caught her off-balance, but she was back in control now. She had to be. She also had to explain to him why she had pushed him away, and not so much because she was a fair-minded creature who felt some deep need to justify her actions. Heck, she doubted Leo West had ever justified his actions to anybody on the face of the earth! If there was one man to whom she need never justify herself, it was him. No, she had to explain because she had to hear herself verbalise all the reasons why she would never, ever have anything to do with a man like him. She had started seeing little sides to him, and every small glimpse had lowered her defences, and that just wasn’t going to do.
    It surprised her that he had taken rejection so well. In fact, she was astounded that he