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Angelo could feel irritation starting to get the better of hih her collection ofrando, untidy heap
Out of the corner of her eye, Francesca witnessed the encroachment of mess over the previously pristine surface and was not at all nonplussed She had discovered early on in their relationship that, although Angelo was highly organized in his work life, in fact the anised man she had ever come across, he was spectacularly untidy in his private life Clothes were dropped and stepped over, ties were hung in gathering piles over any convenient surface, jackets were draped over backs of chairs with absolutely no thought to preserving their longevity She had found it exasperating and curiously endearing at the same time
‘I hope you intend to put back all those CDs you’ve du the pan that held the chicken and taking tilass of wine
‘Of course’ He paused in his frowning inspection of cases to shoot her a surprised look
‘Because your ability to beup behind you’
Angelo frowned
‘And there’s no need to look annoyed I don’t have to tiptoe around you’
‘When did you ever do that?’ he de that!’
‘Oh I forgot’ She drained her glass and stood up to fetch some plates from the cupboard ‘That was one of elo Falcone!’ Soht, Oh, dear, shouldn’t have said that, but then why should she be on her agonisingly best behaviour? He was in her house, and not by her invitation She would tell him that, should he want to pursue the conversation!
He didn’t
‘Let us not argue,’ he saidback to your accusation that I ae you to come to my apartment and test it for cleanliness’
‘Your housekeeper Just like the one you e with evidence, Angelo’ She indicated the CDs on the table with a nod of her head and began laying the table, containing a sigh when he gathered up the cases and stacked the that he would sit far too close to her for her liking
He shrugged and slipped on one of her classical CDs, beautiful, soothing h the sently over stones Soft, ro dress, in the arht, for this particular situation She had to keep reed, that he had treated her pretty badly, never mind his super-polite behaviour now
She served the prahile the chicken was still si and reddened with pleasure at the appreciative noises he lass of wine, she accepted
‘I hope you don’t think that I drink thisa co last-s to the main course ‘Because I don’t’
‘Some of the finest elo commented ‘That starter ranks up there’
‘You don’t loith pleasure ‘Do you?’
‘Does it matter to you what I say?’
‘Yes You’re a prospective client of mine Of course it does!’ Francesca could feel her voice rising, unnaturally bright A bit like the colour spreading across her cheekbones ‘I’m always pleased when our food is complimented’
Another brick wall Three steps forward and two steps back, and every step back er He didn’t knoas driving him on to want this woman He just knew that he did and if his reasons weren’t exactly noble, then his awesome powers of reason were insufficient to steer him off course