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"That presupposes that I want hiht for the rest of the day," Olivia said tartly

"Then you’re stuck with me, I’m afraid"

She looked at him

He looked at her

She opened herwhy she was fighting so hard

"Very well," she said, finallyout of the doorway and into the room "I suppose it can’t hurt"

"You won’t even know I’m here," he assured her

That, she highly doubted

"It’s only because I have no other plans for the ave hi able to tell if he was being sarcastic

"It’s highly irregular," she murmured, but true to his word, he was already back at the desk, carefully reading the papers he’d brought with hiently when she’d been spying on hi a book off a table She needed an object in her hands, so to use as a prop if he noticed how closely she atching him

"You’ve decided to read Miss Butterworth, then?" he asked, not looking up at her

Her lips parted How had he known she’d picked up a book? How had he even known she atching him? His eyes hadn’t left the papers on the desk

And Miss Butterworth? Really? She looked down at the book in her hands in disgust If she was going to pick up a random object, surely she could have done better than that

"I’ into the first chair she ca up

She opened the book and looked down, loudly flipping the pages until she found where they’d left off two days earlier "Pigeons…pigeons…" she eons," she said sweetly

He shook his head, and she thought she saw hihed loudly, then peeked over

No reaction

She then reassured herself that the sigh had not been initiated with the intention of trying to attract his attention She had sighed because she’d needed to exhale, and if it had been loud, well, that was her habit And since it had been loud, it had ain Absolutely not on purpose

He kept working

Possible Contents of Sir Harry’s Papers

By Olivia Bevelstoke

Sequel to Miss Butterworth (wouldn’t it be delicious if he turned out to be the author?)

Unauthorized sequel to Miss Butterworth, because it is highly unlikely that he penned the original, splendid as that would be A Secret Diary-with all of his secrets (!!!!!) Soled

"What is so funny?" he asked, finally looking up

"I couldn’t possibly explain," she said, trying not to grin

"Is the joke at my expense?"