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‘There’s another solution,’ he said ‘You could share a pudding with me’

She laughed ‘No chance I’ a spoon duel with you And I’d win—because I’d play dirty and smack your knuckles with my spoon’

‘Oh, would you, now?’ He laughed back ‘But, for the record, I like you and your curves just the way you are And I really like the fact that you enjoy food and you’re not going to nibble one olive and clai’

‘No, that’s not ed ‘But I should probably tell you I don’t cook’

‘Can’t or don’t?’ he asked

‘A bit of both,’ Madison said lightly

When the waitress came to take their order, Madison ordered the crème brûlée ‘Oh, and the salad niçoise to start with, please,’ she added with a smile

Again, she noticed Theo hiding a grin ‘What?’ she asked when the waitress had left

‘Not only do you read a menu backwards, you order backwards’

‘And your point is?’

‘I’ because it’s so refreshing to be with a woman who knohat she wants and is direct about it’

If only he knew, she thought Because there was so she couldn’t be direct about, because she couldn’t have it

Dinner was fabulous, and the crèer compote was just perfect The film, too, lived up to expectations

Theo insisted on walking her home from the tube station

‘You really don’t have to I’et into trouble,’ Madison protested

‘I don’t care Where I grew up, men look after women’