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"Well… uh…" Her face is all shiny and excited, for some reason "Uh… here he is"

"Thank you very much," comes a deep male voice

A deep male British voice

Ohthe Richard Tyler dress, as Luke walks into the room

"Hello," he says with a small smile "Miss Bloomwood I’ve heard you’re the best shopper in town"

I openroundto feel as shocked as I know I should Two-- and now here he is I should be completely thrown

But somehow -- I don’t feel thrown at all

Subconsciously, I realize, I’ve been expecting hi to sound as composed as I can

"As I said, I’ve heard you’re the best shopper in town" He gives ht perhaps you could help estures to his immaculate Jermyn Street suit, which I happen to know he’s only had for three months, and I hide a sht"

Playing for tier, turn away, and place it carefully on the rail Luke’s here

He’s here I want to laugh, or dance, or cry, or so But instead I reach for , turn round

"What I nor else is ask my clients to tell me a little about themselves" My voice is a little jumpy and I take a deep breath "Perhaps you could… do the saood idea" Luke thinks for a moment "I’m a British businessman I’m based in London" He meets my eyes "But I’ve recently opened an office in New York So I’ quite a bit of time over here"

"Really?" I feel a jolt of surprise, which I try to conceal "You’ve opened in New York? That’s… that’s very interesting Because I had the i it tough to do deals with New York investors Just… so it tough But then they downscaled their plans They decided to open on a much smaller scale"