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‘Can’t recall that it has’

‘But if it did, ould you do?’ Sergio persisted

Jereht

‘After today,’ Alex said drily, ‘he’d just have to show the girl the size of his bank balance She’d start fancying hiht away’

Jeremy rolled his eyes at Alex as he put down his coffee cup ‘Such cyniciset any girl I wanted’

‘Spoken by a man born with a silver spoon in his mouth,’ Alex muttered under his breath

‘Boys, boys,’ Sergio repri to do some serious research here I want to knohat tactics Jereirl interested You too, Alex,’ he suggested ‘Surely youwho didn’t just fall into your lap Come on, both of you I want to knohat you’d do under those circumstances’

‘Well, I suppose I would try laying on the charht she was Not beautiful Beautiful wo complimented on their beauty Better to concentrate on their other qualities Then if that didn’t work, I would place nore her coy tactic You know the adage Treat ’em mean, keep ’em keen’

‘Can’t say I agree with either of those tactics,’ Alex said

‘So ould you do, lover boy?’ Jeremy asked

‘First, I would find out everything I could about her Her background Her friends What she liked to do What she liked Then I would ask her out soo, somewhere seriously special, somewhere which cost a bomb Best seats at a concert, for instance Or the red carpet premiere of a movie which starred an actor she liked Then, if that didn’t work, I’d say how o out with o to Thailand and become a monk’

Sergio could not help it He laughed Jeremy just looked incredulous

‘And has that ever worked?’ Jeremy asked ‘The monk business?’