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‘Great house,’ Sam said easily, and Ruby envied hiain ‘I can see why you bought it’

‘I know We loved it as soon asit’ Miller s between her and Sa is up for sale’

‘That so?’ Sam said

‘Yep’ Miller rinsed Redmond’s sipper cup under the tap and stowed it on a shelf ‘Maybe you should look at buying it Then, when you find a woether, running back and forth between each other’s houses’

‘You got it all planned out, Millsy,’ Sam said with an easy smile

‘It’s the organiser in her,’ Ruby interjected For some reason Miller’s words had conjured up a picture so sweet it made Ruby’s chest ache ‘But Saht, Sam?’

Sae, unscrewed the cap and raised it to his lips, his eyes seeing ood the house is’

Miller laughed

Ruby didn’t

‘And the type of relationship we’re talking about,’ he added softly

Ruby’s heartbeat picked up at the way he was looking at her, the lid of the kettle she’d been unknowingly fiddling with clattering to the counter as it slipped out of her grasp Snatching it up, she jammed it back into place ‘The permanent type, of course’

He shifted closer to her, subtly heainst the hob ‘Perhaps I just haven’t ht woman yet’

‘Really?’ She gave hi to play that hand?’

‘What’s wrong, angel? You looking for love and happily-ever-after?’

‘No’