Chapter 175

• A louder knock sounded and she pulled open the door, her curiosity dying on her lips when she saw who was standing there. Her heart pounded in her chest as she looked into the blaze of Ariston’s eyes and she gripped the door handle, hard. His black hair was wet and plastered to his head and his coat was spattered with raindrops. She knew she should tell him to get lost before slamming the door shut in his face but the powerful impact of his presence made her hesitate just as the siren tug of her body betrayed her yet again. Because he was just so damned gorgeous…with his muscular physique and that classical Greek face with the tiny bump midway down his nose.
• ‘What are you doing here?’ she said coldly. ‘Did you think of a few more insults you’d forgotten to ram home?’
• His lips curved into an odd kind of smile. ‘I think you left…this.’