Taking care of an injured and paparazzi-harassed movie star was probably the last thing he’d expected he’d be doing when he’d arranged to stay at Maxi’s. She didn’t want to put him in that position. “It’ll be fine,” she said. “I’ll be careful.”

“You can’t stay in all the time, Tia. It’s not healthy, and you know it. Even if you try, you have to come out once a day to take care of Kiki. What if, next time, he’s waiting outside your door, and I’m inside the main house sleeping or painting or whatever?”

The possibility did make her uneasy.

“There are plenty of bedrooms in Maxi’s house,” he continued. “With Kouretas around, why do you have to stay in the guesthouse?”

“I don’t,” she said. “I only moved over there because it’s smaller and more comfortable.”

“Trust me, the main house is comfortable, too.”

Thinking of the beautiful blonde in the wedding picture she’d seen at Aiyana’s, Tia swallowed hard. If she moved to the main house, it would be far more difficult not to wind up back in Seth’s bed. While she’d told herself she understood his limitations, it wasn’t fun to realize that he’d probably been thinking of Shiloh the whole time—that she’d just served as a stand-in.

“It makes perfect sense,” he insisted.

“I guess it does,” she admitted. “But—”

“What?”

“I don’t want to invade your privacy or...or get in your way.”

“The house is fourteen thousand square feet, Tia—the size of a small office building. I think there’s plenty of room for both of us.”

It was the biggest house she’d ever seen, but it had only one kitchen and living room. The rest of the house was made up of bedroom suites, a movie theater, a wine cellar, a huge pantry, a music room, a library and the giant office that also served as a showroom for Maxi’s incredible art. She and Seth were bound to run into each other again and again, even if they were trying to avoid it. “I know that.”

“So you’ll move over?”

Unable to come up with a good reason not to, she nodded as though it wasn’t a big thing. But after last night, she was almost more afraid of Seth—and what he made her feel—than of Kouretas.

If she wasn’t careful, he could hurt her much worse.