Christmas Angel for the Billionaire. Liz Fielding

a lot more than polite interest in her maidenly breast.

      His raised eyebrow suggested that what he did in the US was none of her business and he was undoubtedly right, but his daughter was happy to fill the gap.

      ‘According to my mother,’ she said, ‘George is a beach bum.’

      At this point ‘Lady Rose’ would have smiled politely and moved on. Annie didn’t have to do that.

      ‘Is your mother right?’ she asked.

      ‘He doesn’t go to work unless he feels like it. Lives on the beach. If it looks like a duck and walks like a duck…’

      She was looking at George, talking to him, but the replies kept coming from his daughter, stage left, and Annie shook her head just once, lifted a hand to silence the girl, waiting for him to answer her question.