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And, bang on cue, she did it

One of her slirey eyes sparkled with her usual cheekiness ‘Do I get to keep it after we break up?’

‘Sure’ He sprinkled soe ‘Think of it as a consolation prize’

There was a moment of silence

‘It’s not the one you bought for Phoebe what’s-her-face, is it?’

He looked up fro a perfectly good diamond’

Her eyes hardened as she leaned across the table and pushed his spoon doay from his mouth ‘Listen up I don’t wear other women’s cast-offs Got it?’

Jale of her touch run all the way up his araze lit a blaze in his pelvis He could feel the blood surging through his veins, thickening hi fever Her mouth was set in an intractable line but it still looked lush and plump It was i else He reue swift and seductive as it ue, hot and wet, on his neck, on his chest, his abdo all the way down to where he throbbed the hardest

‘I’ for a couple of weeks,’ he said ‘What would be the point?’

She pushed back her chair and got up from the table ‘Fine Whatever’

Ja in the dishwasher ‘What’s wrong?’

She sla’

He rose fro with her arms folded across her body Her expression was stormy and resentful and her eyes marble-hard

‘What does ityou hen all of this is a sham?’ he asked

Her eyes glittered at they iven so that was intended for someone else?’

‘Are we talking about engage else?’