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Perhaps she shouldn’t have chosen to meet him in a restaurant at all—because all she wanted to do at this et as far away as possible froly scornful man Luc had become!

Her fingers shook slightly as she lifted her oineglass ‘To an apology given and accepted I think that ested as she looked at him from beneath lowered lashes

Luc returned her gaze wordlessly for several long, tension-filled seconds ‘But premature, surely?’ he bit out

Because she hadn’t yet apologised?

Or because Luc had no intention of accepting her apology?

But if that was the case, then as he here?

To punish her, possibly

And she deserved to be punished after setting herself up as his judge and jury—and then having the audacity to pass sentence on him, too!

But he, in his turn, had passed sentence on her…

She frowned across at him ‘You know, your behaviour the last tientleant eyebrow at me,’ she warned, as he did exactly that

He looked surprised ‘Which arrogant eyebrow?’

‘Your arrogant right eyebrow,’ she swung back i hotly just fro what had happened between thenominiously

Luc wasn’t sure whether to reive in to the ination of a bantam hen just at the mention of what had occurred last ti her yet for her assus between the as they had been before—and any crack in hisline of defence was sure to do that

He raised his arrogant right eyebrow even further as he looked across at her unemotionally ‘You deserved what happened, you little hypocrite,’ he said evenly