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“Is English your second language?”
“It is” But people rarely realized that “I do not speak with an accent”
“You don’t use a ton of contractions either”
“I prefer precise communication”
Her storht “You’re from Volyarus, aren’t you?”
He felt his eyes widen in surprise “Yes”
“Don’t look so shocked My great-great-grandfather helped discover the oil fields of Volyarus Did you really think I wouldn’t know that the Seattle office of Yurkovich Tanner is just a satellite? They paid for reement with Bartholomew Tanner”
She was a lot closer than was comfortable to the truth “He was bequeathed the title of baron, which would make you a lady”
“I know that, but my mom doesn’t” And fro out “Besides, the title would only pass to ”
“Do you have one?” he asked, knowing the answer but following the script of a stranger
“No”
“So you are Dame Tanner, Lady Chanel, if you prefer”
Her lovely pink lips twisted with clear distaste “I prefer just Chanel”
“Yourthe script he’d carefully thought out beforehand
Demyan was always fully prepared
“No She loves the Chanel label, though”
“She naators had not revealed that fact
“It’s no different than a parent na,” Chanel replied defensively
“Of course”
“She named me more aptly than she knew”
“Why do you say that?” he asked with genuine surprise and curiosity
He would have thought it was the opposite
“Moners, but what she never realized was that Coco Chanel started her brand because she believed in casual elegance She wore slacks omen simply did not She believed beauty should be both effortless and comfortable”
“Did she?”