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‘Don’t look so worried, Darci,’ he assured her dryly ‘I’ether!’

‘I never suggested that you were,’ she came back irritably

‘No?’ he countered, that dark brow rising ly

‘No,’ she came back firmly, under no illusions whatsoever, after his coolness to her this evening, that Luc still desired her

But she did want to knohat he was up to Why he needed a woman to accompany him to a party in Paris this weekend

Unfortunately only Luc could tell her that—and another glance at his closed expression told her that he had no intention of doing so

She shook her head ‘I’et the weekend off—’

‘Even someone as dedicated to their job as you must be allowed to take holidays, Darci,’ he pointed out

Well, of course she was allowed holiday tiet a couple of days if she asked one of her colleagues to cover for her But she still wasn’t sure she wanted to go to Paris with Luc

Be honest, Darci, she reproved herself, you really don’t trust yourself to go to Paris with Luc!

‘I will, of course, pay all your expenses’ Luc cut in on her tortuous thoughts ‘All you have to do is look beautiful and say little’

‘Like all your other women?’ she retorted sharply

‘Exactly like all my other women,’ he accepted

She looked at hiuarded features told her he wasn’t about to share it with her, she accepted heavily

‘I’ll need to think about it,’ she told him woodenly

‘Think about it all you like But I will expect your answer by the end of this evening’