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She folded her arms ‘We?’

He paused his shovelling to look at her ‘You’ll have to co with a client’

She frowned at hi up here for a week and that what’s-her-na you at the weekend Why the sudden rush off to Paris?’

‘My client wants to go over the plans I’ve drawn up’

‘Why can’t you email them to him?’

‘He prefers to meet in person,’ he said ‘He’s old-fashioned that way Besides, he wants to meet you’

‘Why on earth would he want to meet me?’

His look was still inscrutable ‘You’re‘We’ll stay at a boutique hotel in Mont held there for one of the charities my client is involved in’

Aiesha sed ain a hotel One suite One bed All night What if she had another nightmare? What if she?

‘I’ I want to stay here I hate Paris’ Roh the city of love It was enough to make her want to puke

He leaned on the handle of the shovel, his eyeshers ‘You’re the one who kicked this charade off By the way, I did an electronic transfer of the funds into your bank account last night Think of this as a job You and I are engaged until such time as I call it off’

He wanted to call the tune now, did he? Well, she was going to call her own She planted her hands on her hips, straightened her shoulders and upped her chin ‘I want my own room’

He stabbed the spade in the snow again ‘That would cause way too ave her a crooked s about that, can we?’

Aiesha threw hi a bed I hate being disturbed by so to sleep’