'I'm sorry. I didn't know how that happened. I must have forgotten myself'. Jason said. He was not sorry. Not one bit. He had enjoyed the kiss more than he had thought possible. He had forgotten that she was pregnant and could go back to the father of her baby at anytime.

He had just wanted to have her to himself. This was what he had been afraid of. That was why he had been avoiding her but found that he had run into what he had been running from.

'It's okay. You needed comfort and if I have been able to provide you with that no matter how momentarily, then I am happy. It is the least I could do for you for all you have done for me', she said smiling, with trembling lips.

Jason cursed himself when he saw that. He must have scared the hell out of the girl but he had been unable to resist those lips of hers and her eyes that begged to be loved. But he was disappointed by her words but what had he expected that she would be over the moon by his kiss?

But he was not happy that she only felt gratitude for him, when he was becoming increasingly attracted to her irrespective of her pregnancy.

Pregnancy did not make her less a woman than the others, it was just that it put certain restrictions especially since it was not his.

For a moment there, he had thought that she was actually enjoying his kiss. Now he knew better. She was just offering him comfort.

'Yes thank you. You were right. I feeluch better now that I have shared my troubles with you but please do not trouble yourself on my account. I am okay now. And I would like to be alone. Goodnight', he said dismissively. Nancy did not know why but his tone hurt her and she knew by his stance that he broached no argument.

'I am glad I could be of help. Goodnight', she said and left hurriedly.

Jason hit his fists on the wall. He did not know what to make of all this.

On the one hand was Rebecca who was back and he was not sure yet what he felt for her. Was it hatred or indifference or was there still some element of love residual in his heart for her?

If he was sincere, he felt that he hated and wanted her at the same time and wanted to bring her to her knees before him. On the other hand was Nancy who was not really free to be with him and this incredible attraction he was feeling towards her.

He was confused and felt that he must be losing it.

He put on his bathing suit. He was hot and needed to cool the heat in his body. He went downstairs again and walked to the pool at the edge of the premise and dived into it.

The cool water calmed his nerves. He wondered how he was going to face Nancy. He would just pretend that that kiss never happened or that it did not mean anything other than comfort yo him.

'But that would be a lie!' his mind screamed at him.

'You enjoyed the kiss so much that if she had not pushed you away....'

'Of course not, I could never have taken advantage of her or any woman for that matter. Definitely not the one I am supposed to be protecting for goodness sakes', he argued with himself.

He had to forget about the kiss and concentrate on other things. And he did not need to think about Rebecca because it was possible that he would not see her again. Since she was not married to Terry, it was possible that one of her male friends had brought her to the luncheon as his companion and judging by her tastes,the man must really be influential and wealthy.

He would definitely take her away after the luncheon.

That was no business of his anyways. He had not expected to see her and if he didn't see her again then that was that. His questions would just have to remain unanswered. There was no need crying over spilt milk. He was not planning on taking her back afterall no matter how his body seemed to still react to her. He was just a man appreciating a beautiful woman even if a treacherous one.

He flapped his arms, trying to exert himself so that he could go to sleep easily without having to be besieged by thoughts of Rebecca and her sudden appearance in Lake District nor of the kiss he had just shared with Nancy.

But the man who got her pregnant and Abandoned her must have been a big fool. The girl was really a jewel and he admired her courage. Most girls in her position would have aborted the baby and gone ahead with their lives but she kept the baby,determined to have it and was working hard to earn enough to care for it when it was born. It was indeed admirable. The way she worked at the office was more than he had been envisaging. She was really dedicated to duty. And an efficient secretary. She was so humble that she was now the favourite of all his home staff and even at the office, every one had one good thing or the other to say about her. And she had been with them for less than two months.

He got put of f the pool and with his towel, dried himself and walked back inside. He went to the bar to get something to drink but stopped himself. He was not going to take to drinking again. It had nearly killed him the last time.He had since sworn off alcohol and he was not going to take even a sip. Not for Rebecca or any woman would he put himself through that he'll again. With this resolution, he climbed the stairs to his room.

He barely put on his pyjamas before falling into the bed asleep. He was really tired and needed rest from everything.

Nancy virtually ran to her quarters. She could not understand why she was reacting this way. Why had Jason's kiss affected her the way it had? She thought that everything concerning romantic feelings were no longer for her. She had schooled her body not to feel and had succeeded so far and why not given what she had been through and with her struggle for survival but one single kiss had made her wild.

She had lied about it being her way of comforting Jason but she knew that was not entirely the truth. She had enjoyed the kiss and had wanted it to continue and it was only because of her shock at her wanton behaviour that she had pushed him away regretfully.

Even now, her body was still tingling from the effect of that kiss. She had not been kissed so deliciously that way. Not even with Rodney had she felt her inhibitions give way that easily.

She had become intimate with Rodney to prove to him that she loved him. She had not really been ready to do that otherwise. She had thought that he loved her. He had showered her with so much love and attention and money. She had been spoilt by him. She was given whatever she wanted or needed even before she could ask, provided it was what money could buy.

She had mistaken his generosity for love and care.

She had thought that he must love her so much to take time away from his work in London to be with her and make sure that she lacked nothing and when he pressured her to give in to his base desires, she had felt that that was the least that she could do.

She remembered clearly her first time with him. They had been dating for about a month and he had started being persistent about sleeping with her. She should have heard the warning bells then but she was too smitten with him to have paid any heed to any warnings.

'Let us wait a bit darling, I am saving myself for our wedding night ' she had said snuggling close to him.

'You are saving it for me right? Well why not give it to me now? I love you so much that I cannot bear to wait any longer to make you mine. I am always afraid whenever I am not with you. I feel that other men would see your exceeding beauty and take you from me!'

'But nobody can take me away from you. I love you so much. I love you and you alone.I am a one man - woman and could never be disloyal to you, ever', she had sworn still wrapped in his arms.

He had kissed her then Thoroughly. And she had felt lived and cherished and her desires had been awakened.

'That is just one thing I love about you. You are loyal. There is no trait of disloyalty in you and I am like that as well. We are alike in that way. But can't you see, since we are vowed to be faithful to each other and we both love each other and know that we are meant for each other, what difference does it make when we consumate our relationship? Love does not count all that. It is merely childish and old fashioned. If you really want to wait till our wedding night, then I shall definitely oblige you but I do not see the need for that if we really love and trust each other except of course you have your doubts concerning our relationship?'

'No, no. I have no doubts at all. I may have had doubts at first but not anymore. I know that you could never hurt me'

'Then why hesitate? If there is really so much love and trust, why is there so much distance?' he asked and she thought that she could see the sincerity in his eyes and hear it in his voice and she had allowed his roaming hands to draw her even closer.

He had kissed her fiercely but must have recollected himself and treating her tenderly, he impatiently discarded her clothes, stroking her breasts, caressing her body and she had become hot. Hot and yearning.

He had taken her breasts in his mouth and she had moaned loudly especially when he had alternated the stroking of her breasts with his tongue and biting her nipple. Causing her to be hot and cold at the same time.

He had proceeded in lying her down gently and bringing out a condom, he wore it and drove his hard length into her. She had not been well prepared. Her body had not yet been well lubricated and it protested the entry, but he kept pushing and it had been so painful,but his calming words had soothed her until her body had eventually yielded.

He had tried to be gentle but he lost control of himself and rode her impatiently and before you could say Jack Robinson, he started convulsing.

It had not been the way that she had envisaged that it would be. She had thought that the earth would quake, there would be stars and lightening but none of those things had happened. She had felt disappointed.

He rolled off her.

'You are sweet darling. Now you have proven to me that you love me in deed. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did?'

She had no option but to lie to him that she did.

'I know that it may not have been as pleasurable for you as it should have been but it is only because it is the first time. The next time, you won't feel the pain and it would be a pleasure ride'.

His explanation had been enough to dispel her doubts and she felt flattered that he loved her so much that he had been impatient to take her and make her wholly his.

Truely though, the next time had been better than the first and she started enjoying being with him intimately. Rodney had to have her almost every time after that first time. It was almost as though he had gone mad for her body and she felt flattered that he could not take his hands of her and felt that that was evidence enough for her of his love.

That was until she became pregnant because Rodney became careless and forgetful of protecting himself before having her and she didn't think anything if it, afterall they were both in love and would soon get married.

These thoughts made Nancy sad as she remembered how vulnerable she had been and how Rodney had taken advantage of her vulnerability and naivety.

She had to stop this. Thinking these hurtful and sad thoughts was not safe for her health or her baby's.

She went into the bathroom and had a quick shower before going to bed. Sleep was slow in coming as her thoughts were disorganized but she eventually fell into a troubled sleep.

She woke the next day a bit later than usual and by the time she got to the main house, she was told that her boss had already left for the office but had instructed his driver to bring her in another car.

Rebecca came out of her hiding place as soon as Jason left the house of the woman he had brought to the luncheon.

She did not know the reason she felt that she should follow them. Jason was normally very observant and she had taken care not to be seen by him as she tailed them but it had not been too hard. It would seem that he had been busy smooching the girl in the car while driving which was very unlikely. Jason was a very cautious man when it came to driving. He observed all the rules of safe driving, unless of course he had suddenly changed since the last they saw.

But if not, then he must be very distracted or bothered about something and she hoped it was because of her.

She had expected him to ell at her, be angry but she had been surprised at the civil way he had handled seeing her again after the way they had parted and she was sure their parting had really hurt him.

Could the reason for his obvious nonchalance be because he no longer cared for her let alone love her? Or maybe he was already in love with someone else?

She had thought that he would spend the night with his companion but he had left her and gone home alone. Of course they had gone in together but she doubted they did anything intimate be ause the time that elapsed before he came back out was not enough for them to have had sex.

She had felt strangely relieved that he had not spent the night with the Phoebe girl but that does not mean that they didn't have something going or that there was no other person in his life.

Her informants had told her how he lived now. Having numerous female companions. She had just wanted to check out the competition and knew intuitively like women did that Phoebe was no match for her and that was why she had gone back to her hotel rather than follow Jason home to see if there was any other rival she should be aware of.

One might want to ask her reason for all this. 'The reason is that I want my Jason back!' she said aloud.

She had not wanted to say it loud all these while because she had not known what his reaction to seeing her again would be but now that that first hurdle was jumped, she was going to proceed with her plan to get Jason to want her so desperately that he would want her back and not just that but beg her to come back into his life.

He may not propose marriage at first but at least they could start as lovers and once that was established, she knew how to go about getting her ex husband to agree to remarry her.

She had Intentionally said something about not wanting to be trapped in marriage but that was all a lie. She had realised the mistake she had made when she divorced him

She had thought that she loved Terry but they had been together for about six months before she realised that it had been mete infatuation. The novelty wore off and she was on the run again with another man when she could no longer stand Terry.

Terry had really been in love with her and she had thought that she felt the same way. Her attraction to him must have been due to boredom. Now she realised that she had not been wise enough

She could just continued having an extramarital affairs with Terry while she remained married to Jason and still have access to his wealth and all the luxury his money provided.

She had wanted too do it that way but Terry would not agree to that. Terry had infact stopped making love with her and she enjoyed his lovemaking to the point of obsession. She felt she could not do without feeling him inside her and if eloping with him would keep him by her side, then she was willing to do it.

She had tried to take as much money as she could possible steal from Jason and demanded more and properties from him during the divorce. She had been so lucky that he had not contested the divorce or her demands but with her lifestyle, the money was dwindling to nothingness.

She had had many wealthy make friends who had supplied her with money and fame but she could not get over how generous Jason had been

No one could measure up to the standard he had laid in her life and that was why she wanted him back. Not because of love. Love, my foot! What was the meaning of love?

Right next w she didn't know where Terry was and had been grateful when that girl had interrupted them, else she didn't know what she could have told Jason about Terry and if he found out the real truth,it might paint her in a bad light in his sight.

She planned to make an entrance at his office the next day and see how all went. It was also part of getting Jason's attention once more and finding out if there was anyone in his office who was close to him which she should be aware of.

Jason was not into office romance, so there was no threat there but just to make sure.

He also would not want to make a scene. If she could get him to take her out to dinner, then the first hurdle will have been jumped.

From the dinner, they could settle their differences and he could end up in her hotel room and on her bed or she could end up spending the night with him in his mansion. Only then would she know she was triumphant.

But she realized that it was not going to be as easy as she was thinking it. She had hurt Jason deeply and he just might not want to have anything to do with her and even if he consented to taking her out to dinner,it was no guarantee that he would want to stay further with her after the meal but that was where her skill at seduction and persuasion would come in.

She was not called 'Hot Rebecca' for nothing.

The first thing was to surprise him with a visit to his office. And to look good, she had to have her beauty sleep and get ready for the kill.