~ Complete once more ~<br/><br/>Nicci grinned at Mila, her joke taking Nicci so unawares she was glad she hadn't been in the middle of swallowing anything.  Then almost before they'd had time to even acclimatise themselves to the news one......two......three.......... the men all arrived, one after another.<br/><br/>Her eyes had been on Marcus when Mari imparted the news, and they had caught his, smiling at each other in recognition that they both welcomed and were excited by the new man arriving.  Nicci felt so much more drawn and at ease with Marcus now, after last night, and felt the connection they were making, even now across the room had a security about it that felt so right.<br/><br/>But most of the time she had found her eyes kept going to Bo, and she watched him move, just like a panther she thought, an undefinable power and grace about his movements that struck a chord deep inside her.  She felt an indefinable wave of tender love, and had just started to concentrate on her breakfast, thinking about it, when David arrived.<br/><br/>The tall handsome man stood for a moment scanning them all and Nicci smiled at him, welcoming him with her eyes, but leaving it to the men to greet him first, she already felt that natural deference to them, and smiled even more as she wondered how they'd feel if they knew.<br/><br/>He was younger than MArcus or Bo, but still with that air of maturity and strength that was so hard to define but sensed so readily.  The project leaders really knew what they were about, she thought, he was quite a man.