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‘And you?’ Luc pushed ‘Are you also sorry?’

‘More than you can iuess or know!

He ht never have even e the fact that Luc really was a man who shunned all euess how Darci really felt about him

Luc looked across at her with assessing eyes ‘How sorry are you, Darci?’ he pressed

Darci gave hi from his closed expression and those hard, merciless eyes

Merciless…?

Yes, she had to say that was exactly how Luc’s eyes looked at this moment…

Luc’s htened as he saw the sudden wariness in Darci’s expression ‘I wouldn’t expect any woman to be that sorry, Darci!’ he told her, with hard i

She had the grace to blush ‘In that case, I’h to buy you dinner at a sinfully expensive restaurant,’ she caly

He gri to pay for dinner’

‘But—’

‘No arguments, Darci’ He silenced her protests, the tone of his voice stern ‘I never intended for you to pay the bill’

Darci was a not-long qualified, very underpaid doctor, for goodness’ sake; of course Luc didn’t seriously expect her to buy hies!

‘But I do appreciate the offer,’ he added, as he easily saw that Darci’s feathers were still ruffled

She drew in a deep breath ‘In that case, I’m very, very sorry for the way I behaved towards you earlier this week’

His mouth quirked humourlessly ‘Even if you do think my own behaviour e last met was reprehensible?’

She would never knoould never allow her to kno close he had come, how nearly he had thrown all caution to the wind and taken what she had so blatantly offered that day