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Alessandro didn’t say anything for a while, then, ‘It’s safe to look now I’m fully dressed’

‘So why have you co,the steady, nervous thu in bed, al on the front door had had her flying into her dressing gown Now she felt wide-awake

Alessandro strolled over to the sofa and sat down heavily

‘Have you been drinking, by any chance?’

‘Stop hovering by the door I told you I don’t bite I’ve come here because I need to talk to you, and I can’t talk to you when you’re standing there like a sergeant major on duty’

‘I should put your wet clothes in the drier It’ll only take twenty minutes for them to dry’

She tentatively took a few steps towards the pile of soggy clothes, snatched them up, and then fled to the utility room, where she stuck the For a few seconds she leaned against the tumble drier, eyes closed, then she took a few deep breaths and headed back to the sitting room

This tian walked across and stood over him, until he opened his eyes and looked back at her

‘Victoria and I are finished,’ he said

‘You’re what?’

‘And, to answer your previous question a few —but I’m not drunk Thiskies—admittedly in rapid succession’

‘So you’ve coan said with heavy sarcasm

‘Don’t you want to knohy Victoria and I have broken up?’

‘I don’t want to get wrapped up in your personal life, Alessandro’ She did Her voice was saying all the right things, but her head was singing a different song It was telling her that she wanted to sit down and hear every grisly detail of why he had broken up with the perfect woman

‘Well, you don’t have much choice Because you need to know’

‘What are you talking about?’

‘Sit down’