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stepped in, intending to stop that right there. He might raise his voice every now and then, but he wasn’t going to stand by while anybody else talked to her that way and if that made him a hypocrite, well…fine!

      Audrey must have known what was coming, because she stepped between them and put up a hand to stop Simon from getting any closer.

      The next thing he knew, she had her palm pressed flat against his bare chest.

      And that stopped him cold.