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Okay, charht ‘I do have an aparted,’ he explained ‘But unfortunately, just before I was going to hbour’s basement extension caused a o to a hotel if it’s a probleed It had made perfect sense at the time

Apparently not to Polly ‘You’re staying in my house? Where is Raff? Why isn’t he there?’

‘He was in Jordan, now I think he’s in Australia but he should be back soon’ It had been hard to keep up with the other Rafferty twin’s travels

‘Australia? What on earth is he doing there?’ She sank down into the large chair behind her desk with an audible sigh of relief, probably worn out by the weight of all the questions she had fired at hi from them all

‘I thought Raff would wait until I got back before taking off again,’ Polly ht her words

If Gabriel had to narrow all his criticis it would be the complete lack of respect for personal space—physically and , every pain, every eneral discussion, dissection and in the worst-case scenario cul in a family conference

His middle sister, Celine, would even video call in fro to let a setting her two centimes’ worth in

The possibility of anybody in the Beaufils household not knowing the exact whereabouts of any iven time was completely inconceivable Sometimes Gabe suspected they had all been microchipped at birth How could Polly Rafferty have no idea where her oin brother was or what he was doing?

She looked up at hied than I realised,’ she said slowly ‘Let , here, at Rafferty’s, as the vice CEO and living at Hopeford In my house’

‘Temporarily,’ Gabe clarified ‘Your house, that is’

She closed her eyes

A knock at the door jolted her back to wakefulness, the eyes snapping open

‘Yes?’

The door opened, followed a e tray She flickered a sy back

‘Your coffee, Miss Rafferty’ Rachel set the tray onto the desk and sht your usual shter tone ‘The chef has your ht prefer to eat it in the staff canteen thishas sent your clean shirt up I’ll just take it through for you’