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was just something about him that always got on her nerves. The elevator stopped on the ground floor and when it opened, they both got out, walking fast. He walked ahead of her what with those long legs of his eating up ground quickly.
    She had to take two steps to match every one of his. He was so damn tall! Everything about him aggravated her.
    Skye was surprised when he suddenly halted in his tracks and she bumped into him. “Aren’t we in a hurry now?” she remarked sarcastically.
    But he didn’t appear to have heard her. He was staring at something up ahead and he looked knocked for six.
    “What is it?” When he didn’t answer, Skye peeked around him in the direction he was staring at. Her own countenance rippled with shock. There, in the alley between their office and the next building, leaning against the wall, was his girlfriend, Vanessa, kissing his cousin , Alastor. Like French kissing. Giving him mouth-to-mouth.
    Maybe there was a reasonable excuse. Maybe the guy hadn’t been breathing. Yeah, right.
    Of course, Vanessa was the chatterbox brunette Skye’d clashed with in college and she hadn’t been surprised to find out she was Cian’s girlfriend. Vanessa had a model’s body and she was beautiful. Of course Cian would have gone for her.
    Thea didn’t like her. She called her his on-again off-again fling and had rambled off about the twit, totally ignoring Skye’s various I-don’t-want-to-know-about-it protests. So Skye had heard an earful.
    Vanessa’d been after Cian since college, hoping for an engagement ring since he was loaded but it hadn’t been forthcoming. Skye had to give him credit that at least he was too smart for that . He’d only gone out with her ‘for fun’, then they’d both decided to ‘see’ other people. Now they were ‘dating’ again. Skye had been like what a twisted relationship!
    Skye couldn’t stand Vanessa’s airhead, snotty, Oh-I-am-so-helpless-I-need-a-man attitude. She worked in the same company as them, albeit in another team. Who would have thought the dolt actually had gray matter in that flimsy head of hers? When she’d seen her again, Skye had been like “Omg. Freaking small world.”
    Snapping out of his shock, Cian strode towards them, caught Vanessa’s arm and wrenched her from Alastor. “Vanessa! What’s the meaning of this?”
    Vanessa pouted at him. “Isn’t it obvious?”
    Alastor gave a grating laugh. “Well, golden boy sure is stupid even when he can see the evidence with his own eyes.”
    Alastor was as tall as Cian’s six foot two frame, but he was the complete opposite of him. Where Cian had fair good looks, Alastor had dark hair and cold black eyes. Skye had seen him before and the image of a vicious snake had popped into her mind.
    Cian sent him a freezing look. “You stay out of this.” He turned back to Vanessa. “Start talking.”
    Vanessa tugged her arm from his grasp. “Well, I’m dumping you, okay?”
    “You couldn’t have just said it instead of two-timing me?” Incredulity rang in Cian’s voice.
    Vanessa smiled coyly. “What would have been the fun in that?”
    Cian stared at her with disgust and turned away from her before he did something he’d regret. He’d never been inclined to violence towards women until that moment. And to think he’d been attracted to that slut ! Had he actually cared for that bitch?
    Skye glanced at him. The expression on his face was cold and unwelcoming. But in his eyes, those mercury-colored eyes, she could see shock and hurt there. Skye didn’t stop to wonder how she knew what he was feeling. She simply acted .
    Stepping closer, she slipped her hand in his. Startled, he looked down at her.
    Skye ignored the unwelcome tingles that shot up her arm from the contact and beamed a smile at him. “Cian, isn’t this great? Now we don’t have to hold back anymore!”
    He just stared at her, baffled. She turned to Vanessa, who was watching her with confusion.
    “You see, Vanessa,” Skye