Free The Scent of His Woman by Maggie Pritchard Page A

entrance or in one of our vehicles, the
press are there in force now, cameras and stuff everywhere, only need the TV guys now
and you’ll have the full set.’
Geth swore in his own language, a volley of vehement Welsh oaths.
‘Ok, can we get the copter in?’
He knew the answer before he asked the question.
‘Not a hope, you know we don’t have room for it to land yet and anyway it’s more
than an hour away, you need to get away now before they get round to blockading your
apartment not to mention the young lady’s house.’
As Geth took in this information he hesitated, then tersely asked.
‘Can we get a vehicle round to the road at the side so we can get out through the
back of the site on foot?’
‘Maybe’, said Alun slowly, ‘it might work the only problem will be getting a vehicle
out without giving the game away.’
Lexie who had been listening with increasing dismay to the conversation, suddenly
interjected here.
‘No need, there is no need to take one of your vehicles round, all that will do is draw
their attention, my car is already there parked at the side of the road, all you need to do is
show me how to get to it.’
Lexie watched the uncertain look on their faces and decided she’d had quite
enough.
‘Please yourself then, I don’t need your help, I can find my own way.’
She moved to leave, pushing belligerently past the two men as she did so. ‘
Wow, wait just a second, let me think this through.’
Before either man could react Lexie had the door open and was making her way
around to the back of the building. It seemed simple enough, she could work her way
along the hedge unseen, somehow she would have to get over or through it onto the road,
then it would be a few steps to the car and escape. She was fairly certain no-one would
realise she had parked her car nearby and once she was home she would be safe
enough.
Working her way along the hedge she searched for a weakness, any place she
could get over it onto the road, not taking any notice of the two men following, until at last
finding a small gap in the thorny barrier, she pushed through and they followed. By sheer
good luck they were within sight of the little car. Moving forward Lexie fumbled in her
pocket for the keys and was just about to climb in and drive off, when Geth caught up with
her, grasping her arm and stopping her in her tracks.
‘Just how far do you think we’ll get in that deathtrap?’
He was incredulous, and even in her agitated state the look on his face made Lexie
smile.
‘Well boss, I can’t agree there, you’ll be safe enough, no way can that thing go fast
enough to kill anything!’ Alun laughed.
‘What makes you think you are invited? You can find your own transport, to
wherever you want to go, I’m going home and if I never set eyes on you ever again it will
be far too soon.’
With that final remark Lexie climbed into the little car, belted up and started the
engine, but before she could make good her escape Geth reluctantly climbed in beside
her.
‘Get out, I told you find your own way out of this mess, I don’t want you near me
ever again.’
His patience was wearing thin now, the situation was bad enough as it was, without
this exasperating woman refusing to see that she needed him now, to protect her from the
worst excesses of the press, at least until the furore died down, which as he knew from
experience it would do in a few days.
‘Look just drive will you before we’re seen, we can talk this through when we get to
my apartment.’
‘Your apartment, I’m not going anywhere near your apartment, how do you think
that will look? Well I’ll tell you how. It will just prove to everyone that those lies they printed
about me must be true. No, the only way out of this for me is to let everyone see I have
nothing whatever to do with you or GLM. I’m going home to wait it out. They will soon get
bored of watching me when nothing happens. So get out of my car.’
Geth