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Revenge was an ugly notion, and no, he was not out to get revenge He needed to remove her from his system and the only way he could achieve that, he had realised in one of his brutally honest ain The fact that she was involved with so technicality As far as he was concerned, she and Jack were a ridiculous and i her a favour by divesting her of that particular relationship

The thought that Jack ht once have been a rival on the side would make it all the sweeter

He would have her and then, when it suited him and suit him it would, he would dismiss her but at least she would cease to haunt his because, as she would be the first to agree, surely, wasn’t all fair in love and war?

The wheel, at last, would turn full circle and it would be a thoroughly enjoyable process Better still, he would be the one steering it

‘What sort ofinto his pleasurable train of thought, and he shot her a brief glance

‘So fish and chicken,’ he said ‘You’re the expert What would you advise?’

Francesca looked at hih spirits considering she was the one in the passenger seat

‘I could do prawns in garlic for starters It’s pretty sireen olives and we could have that with fresh pasta I do kno to make my own pasta but I won’t have the time to do that’

Maybe another day, he was inclined to say

‘Do you li?’ he asked, slowing down as they approached the supermarket on their left

‘Why are you being so nice to elo?’

‘So suspicious, Francesca I wouldn’t want to rub you up the wrong way and discover that the secret ingredient in my food was a touch of arsenic, would I?’