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Demetrius slipped his phone back in his jacket pocket “Okay Where e?”

“I thought we ht want to wait for Ms Sarris to join us”

Her coained the reporter’s attention Zoe clih black heels that h they went on and on forever His rew dry and his palms became moist

He should have had his men turn her away Hoas he supposed to concentrate on the interviehen all he wanted to do was confront Zoe?

He only had one question: Why?

Okay So maybe he did have a couplelike that? Were her skirts always so short? Hoas a ent conversation when all he could think about was her bare, tanned legs?

Concentrate on the business at hand

Every muscle in his body tensed He couldn’t continue to stare at her He didn’t want anyone to notice that he was affected by Zoe’s presence

“Excuse aze didn’t quite meet his “I didn’t know anyone would be here today If it’s okay, I’ll just go inside and make some notes”

“No problem” Demetrius backed up to let her pass by

“Wait” Ms Russo stepped in Zoe’s way “Ms Sarris, would you have a couple of minutes to speak with us?”

Zoe shook her head “I don’t want to intrude”

“You aren’t In fact, I’d like to get a few quotes froo track down my cameraman He wanted to film a few frames of the mansion under construction”

Demetrius waited until the reporter was out of earshot before turning to Zoe “What are you doing here?”

“I already told you I caazehere?”

Leave it to Zoe to question a prince She never was one to be awed by someone’s position or power To her, everyone put on their pants one leg at a tiain, that was one of the things he’d always admired about her But suddenly, it wasn’t so ad to explain himself