She had a bit too much of a cheerful attitude. It stood in marked contrast to what they'd all just experienced. However, while both Kitty and Chalise ...were overly attentive, Cate had been standoffish all morning."Upset about losing your devices?" he asked softly, trying to get her to say something so he'd understand what was up."I don't care about the devices," she answered curtly. "They're tools. They help me work, but they're not that important." Then what's bugging you?" he asked, tilting his. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Toppsy glared at Ebony from her height of just over seven feet; she was the strongest girl on the Island, and her experience from teaching physical conditioning classes made her some-one most girls wouldn't dream of picking a fight with. Ebony stared at Toppsy. "Go ahead. Make my day and try something." Ebony released Toppsy's wrist, and the blonde girl backed away from Tami. "That's better. Tiffany and Dee Dee figured that you two would probably be a. What I knew was that Bella obviously was enjoying the situation, too, judging from the way she stared at me with her nipples stiffening. Not as much as I was enjoying it, but you can't always get what you want. At least she wouldn't, not this afternoon anyway."Yeah, I do," she eventually said in a hoarse voice.In a perfect world, all would have added up. I'd have jilled out, enjoyed a moment or two of bliss, gotten off the counter, straightened my skirt, maybe, but I'm not sure about that, I'd. She was woken from the pleasant stupor of sleep by someone pounding on the door of the flat. Glancing through half open eyes she saw it was still only a few minutes after six and guessed her boyfriend had forgotten something crucial and had come back in a panic. Only an hour earlier she had drowsily kissed him goodbye before he slipped quietly out of the flat, bound for the airport. He was on his first foreign trip in his new job and was to be away in Paris until the following week. 'He's.