When Mark saw the picture, all the air escaped from his lungs and he visibly drooped. “That’s more than I expected.”

“More than I expected, too,” Collin said easily. “Funny, she didn’t look star-struck by Alexander when she came in the door.”

“I’m not,” Christina said urgently.

“Really?” Mark asked leaving space beside Collin for her to have a look at the screen. When Christina got her first look at the picture, she was stunned. Only Alexander’s

back was in the picture. His hands were moving around her throat to remove her scarf. He was hardly in it. The main feature of the picture was her face. The look on...