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\u2018I never met him. My parents were divorced,\u2019 she explained briefly. \u2018Tell me, what do you do for a living that you have a Tuesday afternoon off?\u2019 she changed the subject. \u2018You see before you the next great artist of the decade,\u2019 he told her jokingly.<\/p>\n

\u2018I do?\u2019 she teased. \u2018I don\u2019t remember ever seeing a Gary Nichols painting.\u2019 \u2018Oh, you haven\u2019t. No, they\u2019re so rare and exclusive that anyone who has one keeps it firmly under lock and key.\u2019 \u2018I see,\u2019 she said, tongue in cheek. \u2018You must be good.\u2019 Gary laughed. \u2018Seriously, I am hoping for great things one day. I have an exhibition in a few months\u2019 time.\u2019 Eden was suitably impressed. \u2018Then you are good. I\u2019d like to see some of your work some time.\u2019 \u2018I\u2019ll have to remember that\u2014\u201cWould you like to come up and see my paintings?\u201d,\u2019 he quipped.<\/p>\n

\u2018So original,\u2019 he grimaced. \u2018Although there\u2019s a problem about that, I share a flat.\u2019 \u2018Hard luck,\u2019 she teased. \u2018What do you do? Or are you just over for a holiday?\u2019 She sobered as she remembered all too clearly her reason for being in England. \u2018Neither. I\u2014er\u2014I\u2019m here visiting relatives.\u2019 \u2018You\u2019re staying with them?\u2019 He sipped his coffee. \u2018I\u2019m staying with\u2014with Jason, he\u2019s a friend of my grandfather,\u2019 she explained at his sharp look. \u2018Really,\u2019 she added as she saw his look of speculation.<\/p>\n

\u2018He\u2019s Jason Earle,\u2019 she said desperately. \u2018He\u2019s Isobel Morton\u2019s boy-friend, isn\u2019t he?\u2019 Eden frowned. \u2018You know about that?\u2019 \u2018Well, I should do, it\u2019s in the newspapers this morning. Here,\u2019 he pulled a crumpled edition out of his coat pocket, spreading it out on the table. \u2018See. The article\u2019s about the death of David Morton, but it does mention that\u2014 Hey, are you all right?\u2019<\/p>\n

He noticed her pallor for the first time. \u2018Yes, I\u2014I\u2019m fine.\u2019 She hadn\u2019t realised her grandfather\u2019s death would make the headlines. The newspaper Mrs Gifford had brought in for her had remained untouched on the table, and she wished now she had thought to look at it. Her grandfather\u2019s death looked so stark printed there in black and white, and it wasn\u2019t the sort of thing she would have wanted to see for the first time in front of a stranger.<\/p>\n

\u2018Would you excuse me?\u2019 She stood up shakily, dashing to the toilets that were near by.<\/p>\n

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Re-read this classic romance by USA Today bestselling author Carole Mortimer Media magnate Jason Earle has no right to make demands, much less insist that Eden Shaw travel to England to see her long absent grandfather. After all, the old man had ignored Eden for years! As her grandfather\u2019s emissary, Jason may be breathtakingly handsome, but that shouldn\u2019t give him power over Eden\u2026if only she can resist the magnetism between them!<\/p>\n

Originally published in 1981 OceanofPDF.com Ice in His Veins Carole Mortimer OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten OceanofPDF.com CHAPTER ONE EDEN knew there was something wrong as soon as she joined her mother and stepfather for drinks before dinner, knew it by the tightness about her mother\u2019s painted mouth and the way her stepfather kept trying to soothe her down. Poor Drew, he didn\u2019t have an easy time of it with his fiery wife.<\/p>\n

She accepted the Martini he held out to her, smiling her gratitude as she waited for the explanation for her mother\u2019s upset. Something was definitely wrong with her; Eden had never seen her so upset. \u2018Where were you all afternoon?\u2019 her mother demanded to know. \u2018I was at Cheryl\u2019s playing records,\u2019 she replied dazedly. \u2018Why?\u2019 \u2018Because you had a visitor, that\u2019s why.\u2019 \u2018Anyone interesting?\u2019 She sipped her drink. \u2018Anyone interesting!\u2019 Angela repeated shrilly. \u2018Of course it was someone interesting, or I wouldn\u2019t be in this state.\u2019 Eden frowned at her mother\u2019s agitation.<\/p>\n

\u2018Who was it?\u2019 \u2018Jason Earle!\u2019 \u2018Jason Earle? But I don\u2019t know any Jason Earle.\u2019 \u2018The newspaper man,\u2019 Drew put in before his wife exploded. \u2018That Jason Earle!\u2019 she whistled through her teeth. To say he was a newspaper man was an understatement. He was one of the most powerful men in the world, controlling a vast section of the media. \u2018And you say he came here to see me?\u2019 \u2018Yes! And he looked down his haughty nose at me with his steely grey eyes, ripping me to pieces at a glance.\u2019<\/p>\n

The ice rattled in the glass where Angela\u2019s hand trembled with anger. \u2018He was so damned arrogant!\u2019 \u2018Calm down, Angela,\u2019 Drew advised. \u2018There\u2019s no point in working yourself up about this.\u2019 \u2018No point\u2014\u2019 \u2018Why on earth should he want to see me?\u2019 Eden interrupted her mother\u2019s tirade. \u2018I don\u2019t know the man.\u2019 \u2018We haven\u2019t seen any of them since Eden was two years old, and now David Morton has decided\u2014\u2019 Eden looked startled.<\/p>\n

\u2018What does my grandfather have to do with Jason Earle being here?\u2019 \u2018Everything!\u2019 Angela paced the room in her agitation. \u2018After eighteen years he\u2019s decided he would like to see you again, and he\u2019s sent that man over here to try and talk you into it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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