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Her eyes widened and she put down her knitting "Why?"
"Because I’y! Just, you know" She waved a hand at him "Fancy With your hair and your bow ties and stuff"
"Ah yes, my ‘spackled’ hair" His cool voice actually sounded ahed at that "Who said it was spackled?"
"You did On the plane And then you asked iggle "Oh, lordy I’m so sorry How did you not fire ood with bow ties" With that, he set his book aside and flicked off the light "Good night"
Maylee fu in the dark, then placed it carefully on the bedside and slid under the blankets She fluffed her pillow and stared into the darkness at the pilloall separating theht, Mr Griffin," she said softly "And thank you for being so kind"
"Kind is a much better moniker than fancy," he retorted "Feel free to call rinned
Chapter Six
The nextwas a littleodd
She’d woken up out of a deep sleep to the sound of an alarled deeper into the pillows, rolling over
And then she jerked upright, because she realized she’d rolled over onto a nice, warm hand and pressed her breast into it Disoriented, Maylee looked around the room, which was much nicer than her own, and it took a ht She looked down at the bed and apparently Mr Griffin was a bit of a restless sleeper The pilloall they’d built had been almost demolished while they’d slept, and his ar hand was palht into it like a big ol’ hussy Lorda at the borrowed sleep shirt to ensure it covered her panties, and then went to Griffin’s side of the bed and shook hio to breakfast"
He opened his eyes and then gave her a soft s on the bed His hair stuck up in all directions
And her heart gave a little flip-flop at how boyish he looked
"I’ up, his delicious chest exposed again When he rubbed his face with one hand, she blushed to think about how she’d plunked her boob into it Gawd
"I’ot to his feet "I’ll go check your room for you"
"You don’t have to"
"Yes, I do I don’t want any other devils in there scaring you"
He really was a sweet entlemanly, she decided Once Griffin had cleared her rooe, she went in and wetted down her curls, then twisted them into a knot at her nape to keep them out of the way Griffin had made it clear he didn’t approve of herwith it She put on herto wear for the day
The intruder last night had knocked over half of her clothes and trampled on theantic footprint on it with a wince Maybe she could get it dry cleaned, but she was low on cash thanks to tipping all the staff She’d have to run out tonight to see about getting them cleaned--but wait, she couldn’t Griffin had a dinner party he was attending It’d have to wait a day or two
She picked through her clothing again Nothing else went together Oh, dear She had a red blouse and a green pencil skirt, but she’d look like an elf if she wore those together She’d worn her black skirt yesterday Maybe she could re-use sobut she’d thrown it into a wadded ball in her laundry, so it’d need to be ironed and aired first
Biting her lip, she put on a pale yellow sleeveless patterned dress that she liked to ith a dark green jacket, which was currently at the botto on over it, hoping she didn’t look too nonsensical
She slung her purse over her shoulder and knocked on the adjoining door
"Good," Griffin said as he opened the door "I can’t seeoes with this shirt I--" He looked over at her and stopped, staring at her outfit She could see his face visibly ice over "Maylee, I don’twith the royal family for photos later today Your outfit is rather"--he rubbed his freshly shaven chin--"unorthodox"
"I know," she said quickly, rushing forward to look at the ties thrown into a heap on his bed "It’s just that the guy hiding in my closet messed up a bunch of et the up a dark tie with a faint black pattern on it that wouldn’t be too showy "I’ll try to stay out of sight today I’ll just hide in the limo"
"Sedan," he murmured "I asked the driver to come in an unmarked sedan for the rest of the trip It should be easier to get around"
That was her suggestion She beao out the back if you’d rather The doorman told ed sleeve of her shrug "Did you make this?"
"I did," she said proudly
"It’s hideous Can you take it off?"