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Thankfully, with the Brisbane General’s annual New Year’s Eve Ball in full swing, there were feitnesses to her wild jig

‘Goodness, dear, whatever is it?’ Hailey’s table partner enquired

‘So, Mr Archer,’ Hailey said, inspecting the floor for the insect that had dared defile her expensive French stockings It was difficult to see anything in theor insect’ She shuddered

‘Or erous? Like a small child, perhaps?’

Hailey looked up frohter A boy sat on his haunches just under the table, his mouth and eyes wide open in his pale face, a small torch in one hand, a toy truck in the other He earing a white shirt with a fat bow-tie and had remorse stamped on every adorable feature He may as well have had the word ‘Guilty’ tattooed on his forehead

‘Oh,’ Hailey said, the screa now the danger was apparently nonexistent ‘Hello, there’ She smiled

The little boy smiled back at her and Hailey could almost hear his audible expiration as it slowly dawned on hi to be in trouble He opened his et the chance

‘Tom!’

Hailey saw uncertainty twist his small brow into a deep furrow as she turned to face the exasperated-lookingtowards them He was tall with hair so short he looked like he’d lost a battle with a laer and after only two seconds’ perusal Hailey could see he filled a tuxedo better than any other man there

Better than Gabe Better than Luca And her brother-in-laere bona fide hotties

Callu took one look at the scene—an upturned chair, his son under a table, several adults looking down at hiroaned inwardly What had Toht of hied to create such havoc so quickly?