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Because she was different. Everything about her was different. Which made it new to him.

And undoubtedly he was new to her, too.

Preschool teachers did not normally socialise with billionaires. If she had reservations about that this morning—seeing no real future for this relationship

—he had to allay them, because one thing was certain in his mind. He didn’t want her walking out of his life. Not at this point.

Erin was surprised and pleased that Peter had decided to drive her into the city centre himself—an unnecessary double journey since he’d be picking her up later. She happily thought he wanted to spend the time with her, though once they were on their way, she noticed he wasn’t particularly relaxed. In fact, his hands had a knuckle tight grip on the steering wheel.

Had he changed his mind about taking her to the races, introducing her to his social circle? Was he about to excuse himself—impulse shouldn’t be carried too far? Maybe he felt guilty about her spending money on dressi