When James grabbed hold of her from behind she cried out and turned to push him off, but her feet slipped and she fell backwards into the thick snow, taking James with her. His weight crushed the breath from her lugns, she cold sting of the snow on her face and the shocking awareness of losing her balance making her shiver convulsively beneath him.
Kirstin my God,are you okay?
She had started to cry,huge, gulping sobs that tore at her throat until it was raw with pain from trying to drag in lungfuls of icy cold air.
She could feel the warmth of her own tears on her face as James levered himself up off her.
He picked her up, striding back to the house carrying her into his study room.
Oh God sake, if he had brought her to any room but this! Snow clung to her clothes, but he seemed una
