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‘No problean said coolly They were out in the street now and there was no sign of hih the as brisk and the skies pro rain later

She had to half run to keep pace with his Road—which, predictably, was already croith restless shoppers, ere clearly bored with enforced inactivity

Tellingly, he wasn’t even glancing in her direction She ht almost have not existed at all So much for the friendly truce Once established, he obviously saw no need to prolong it

He ician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, and Megan couldn’t dash towards it fast enough

‘How an looked at hi disdain

‘I can pay for this hest-paid workers in the city of London, but we can still run to the occasional taxi fare’

‘Be quiet, Megan, and get in the cab This is a journey you undertook foras pitiful as the cost of a cab ride to Shepherd’s Bush’

He was already fishing out the alared at hie of mood

She sat back and stared straight ahead in total silence, half expecting hi

He didn’t He pushed himself away from the taxi, and as she turned her head she saw hied back to his house

It had been a learning curve, she told herself brightly as the cab driver pulled away Learning curves were very i curve had come at a very opportune moment Because he had catapulted back into her life and shattered her peace ofout of theat the grey, uninspiring view rolling past her, she could consider herself on the road to recovery

Firstly, she had seen Alessandro and Victoria together in a social situation, and instead of letting her mind drift away into the past she would now have it cemented in her head that Alessandro was half of a couple She ht call it a comproful for him

Secondly, she had seen for herself how impatient he could becorown her

Thirdly, she had proved conclusively to herself that she could actually have a normal conversation with hieyuy who had broken her heart, the benchainst whom all other men fell short

Fourthly…She couldn’t think of a fourthly, but she would