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‘You don’t mean that’

She didn’t answer Instead she rapped on the glass partition separating theht her wrist and held on to it until she reluctantly met his eyes

‘You headed straight over to rile dinner, and now here you are, inback to my place What’s a billionaire supposed to think?’

Susie yanked her hand away, stung, because what he said ht make sense on the surface but was so far frohable

Sergio noted the gli her eyes and for a few seconds had some doubts about the conclusions he had drawn She had squeezed herself tightly against the car door and he had the impression that if she could have made herself disappear in a puff of smoke she would have

‘Well?’ he persisted roughly ‘What am I supposed to think?’

‘You’re supposed to believe what I’ve told you’

He laughed hu out of character the second they’re exposed to a man with a lot of money’

‘Do they? I wouldn’t knoant to get out I want to go hoet in this car with you in the first place You think I’ve only done it because I’m after your money and you don’t want to believeWell, how do I know that you’re an honourable guy? How do I know that you’re not going to take me back to your place andand?’

‘Don’t even think of going there!’

Sergio was genuinely outraged that she could believe the worst of hinised the irony of the situation He wasn’t prepared to believe a word of what she was saying so why should she believe a word of what he was telling her? He clearly had uy

He vaguely wondered what she’d meant by that anyway

‘I don’t need to force myself on women,’ he said flatly