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"Do you think so?" she asked delightedly

Andrew gave her a look of pure disbelief "That wasn’t a coe

"I have no idea what it was," he admitted

Billie just chuckled, then jerked her head toward Andrew "I’e knew better – oh, he definitely knew better – but he couldn’t stop hiape at her

"You’re calling me out?" Andrew repeated

"Mallets at dawn," she said with flair Then she shrugged "Or this afternoon I’d rather avoid getting up early, wouldn’t you?"

Andrew raised one brow "You’d challenge a one-are you"

He leaned in, blue eyes glittering "I’ll still beat you, you know"

"George!" Billie yelled

Da his head back through the doorway

"We need you"

"No you don’t You need a nanny You can barely walk"

"I can walk perfectly well" She lie looked at Andrew, not that he expected hi sense

"I have a broken are supposed was meant to serve as an explanation Or an excuse

"You’re idiots The both of you"

"Idiots who need more players," Billie said "It doesn’t ith only two"

Technically that was true The Pall Mall set wasover three would do in a pinch But George had played this scene before; the rest of theic, vicious leads For the two of the sure the other didn’t George was expectedin their fray

"You still don’t have enough players," George said

"Georgiana!" Billie yelled

"Georgiana?" Andrew echoed "You know your mother doesn’t let her play"

"For the love of heaven, she hasn’t been ill for years It’s ti around the corner "Stop bellowing, Billie You’re going to give Mama a palpitation, and then I’ll have to be the one to deal with her"

"We’re playing Pall Mall," Billie told her