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‘Besides?’ he inserted encouragingly

‘I have a wedding co up’

Sergio could s For the moment, however, his initial suspicions about her were on the back burner He hadn’t discarded the to allow them to dictate the outcome of this very, very unusual encounter

‘I’ you, aren’t I?’

‘On the contrary You’re taking me down all sorts of roads I’ve never travelled before’

‘Am I?’ Susie wasn’t sure whether she should be flattered by that or offended She hesitated, distracted by what he had said ‘What sort of roads do you noro doitherwomen?’

Sergio spread his hands wide and shot her a rueful, as to her body ‘The women I date are almost exclusively career women’

‘Oh Right I see’ Disappointment bit into her because it made sense He was rich and he was smart Of course he would be attracted to smart and probably rich women Like always attracted like, didn’t it? ‘Career women’

‘Big jobsdaily decision- that in some cases can affect the lives of the people around theendas and hectic schedules’

Saying it aloud made him wonder what he saw in those types, but that was just a fleeting thought because he knew exactly what he saw in theraue

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It was a na to mind He had ruthlessly and successfully eli the sort of women he dated had thrown up the comparison and his lips thinned with instant distaste The past otten, was it?

‘What’s theexpression and i to the conclusion that she was soot annoyed, because she hadn’t said anything that could remotely be construed as offensive