Ian gave an exasperated gasp, incredulous at such words, and in the next second his indignation boiled over like an active volcano.

_ Lia how dare you say something like that _ do you think that's all you are to me, my mistress-in-waiting? _ he almost shouted _ Do you think I would have come all the way from Monaco to demand that your husband set you free, just so I could get you into my bed from time to time?

She had hurt him. Those words had hurt him, because they meant that in all the time t