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CHAPTER FIVE

IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE to drift off into a relaxed sleep after the day’s events—events that had upsettingly cul fall Kit thanked her lucky stars that he hadn’t injured himself more, but she was still anxious to have the nurse check him over when she visited tomorrow She prayed the woman wouldn’t think she hadn’t done her job properly because she’d left Hal unsupervised and in doing so proved herself inco Kit wanted was to have her report back to Hal’s sister with the suggestion that she hire someone else It would be the first black ency if she did

Unable to banish the worry and doubt that plagued her, she thu her head on and turned over onto her side Herelse she wanted Hal Treverne to see that she was the very best at what she did, and for hi aid his recovery

Is that all you want hiood at what you do?

‘Oh, for goodness’ sake’

Once h her hair The provoking question herht if she decided to explore it, she realised Yet she couldn’t deny that the man disturbed her He made her more aware of her femininity than any other man had ever done beforeespecially when he kissed her!

The fact that he had a broken leg and was irritable and frustrated by his resultant immobility didn’t make Kit any less aware of the man’s undoubted charisma and sex appeal But then, when she recalled that Hal had told her at the interview that he ht if he couldn’t sleep, her heart skipped an anxious beat People were apt to let their guard down ht-time hours What would they talk about? Kit wouldn’t dreaht share, but at the same time she hoped he wouldn’t expect her to reveal any of her own She’d never been at all easy talking about her past, and whenever it arose she’d developed a strategy of auto as if it was hardly of any consequence

‘The past is in the past and that’s where it should stay,’ she’d co for a blithe, cheery tone

Would Hal Treverne break her cover and intuit that her guard was as strong as a portcullis sla down to keep out the enemy if he should veer into that particular territory? And would he wonder why she was so reluctant to talk about it? Only tonight he’d vowed to talk to her about what had made her ‘so eminently sensible’ she recalled His resolution had made her understandably anxious at the idea of even briefly having to revisit the circumstances and events that had shaped her To discuss her past with hiht threaten to open a can of worms that wouldn’t easily be closed It could also undo the self-confidence she’d built up over the past few years since working for the agency It ht even destroy it completely

Making an abrupt decision to deal hatever should transpire and not allow it to h her freed ain and lay back down Deciding to draw upon the sheer deterh life’s challenges, she pro day to note she finally allowed her eyes to drift closed

The surprising realisation that hit Hal on opening his eyes the nextwas that for the first tily experienced an unbroken night’s sleep He’d slept through the night without waking even once Barely able to believe it, he sat upright, bemusedly scrubbed his hand round his studded jaw and then pushed back the duvet Yes, he’d taken two strong painkillers before retiring, but they had never worked as effectively before

Had his redheaded guardian angel put so, he saw that even the swelling on his daed knee had diht hadn’t hurt hi to him not to refuse Kit’s help when he needed it all because he was striving to be so damn independent! From now on he would endeavour to be more sensible His swift recovery so that he could return to his busy life depended on it