It was a few minutes before noon when the Mercedes pulled up to the kerb—I may have been keeping watch through the curtains of the front window. I was aware when James arrived outside my flat and had the door opened to allow him entry.
“James.” I tried to keep my smile smoothly professional, but I was so bloody happy to have him in my flat again.
“Green eyes,” he murmured, since I had my contacts in. He smiled, and oh my God, it was a good thing we’d had so little contact over the past ten years. If I’d had to see that smile more frequently, there was no guarantee I’d have been able to control the urge to drag his body against mine and plunder that smile. “This is Jeremy Tanner, a…colleague of mine.”
I was startled and not best pleased to see the two young men behind him. I’d been under
