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But so her co wits There was a connection with Mari that he hadn’t anticipated He felt it when she’d reacted to the painting And when their eyes had o And when he’d kissed her earlier this afternoon

He took a step back, his brows pulling together as he stared at her back “That’s theof art, Mari It doesn’t have to ”

She stepped up to the canvas and looked at the price “That’s insane”

He looked at the nuain that he was used to Fiorito hiined it was quite different

“Think of how it elicited such a reaction from you, and then try to quantify it Can you put a price on that?”

“I can and have” She sazed wistfully at the canvas

He laughed, he couldn’t help it Mari was so charly practical It reminded him how far apart they were and he took a little comfort in it She was not for him He was not for her She was the kind of wo-term stability, and he traveled around the world with his job, settling nowhere This was just a blip on the radar

“I could afford it, if I didn’t eat for the next year This is why art is inrooms”

She started to walk away “I don’t knohy I was so struck by it anyway”

“You don’t need to knohy Soic away”