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My eyes clench shut briefly as I fight to halt ht

Next is his tie There are sothe rainbow of silk for a few rey silk one to ain, the difficulty of h standard I begin toying with theathim

‘You’d better take over’ I admit defeat and hold the tie out to hime on the counter

A chaste kiss is placed on my lips before he lifts the collar of his shirt ‘You do it’

‘Me?’ I’m wary and it’s obvious ‘I’ll screw it all up’

‘I don’t care’ My hands are taken to the back of his neck ‘I want you to fix my tie’

Nervous and surprised, I smooth the silver silk around his neck and let the two sides cascade down his front My hands are hesitant They are also shaking, but a few deep breaths and a quiet ith myself pullsa tie around Miller Hart’s neck – soe of doing in the history of Miller Hart

I faff and fiddle forever, but I don’t care I feel a ridiculous a really quite silly, I can’t seem to locate the rationality to be unbothered I’m really bothered I pat the knot a hundred ti it out at every angle To my naked eye, it looks pretty perfect To Miller’s, it’ll look like a train wreck

‘Done,’ I declare, finally droppingmy eyes from the kinda perfect tie I don’t want to see the concern on his face

‘Perfect,’ he whispers, takingthem to his lips His unusual descriptive, especially when referring to another’s handiwork, throwshis hot breath heating my knuckles ‘You haven’t checked’

‘I don’t need to’

I frown, flicking h’ I’ to put it right?

‘No’ Miller kisses each hand and puts them neatly back in my lap Then he reaches for his collar and pulls it down, rather haphazardly ‘It’s Olivia-perfect’