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Carly let out a breath ‘This is all very fascinating but—’
‘My mother discovered Ms Garner’s work first, but then I happened to study her at university’
‘University?’ Her voice sounded shaky and she cleared it
‘Keep up, Red’ His smile was so phony she wouldn’t be surprised if he pulled out a deck of tarot cards and started reading her fortune ‘A university is an institution one attends when they’re looking to better themselves’
‘I knohat a university is, Mr Ja to follow the conversation’
‘Don’t worry your pretty little head about it You have other great qualities that are far more important, but you know that, don’t you?’ His eyes held hers ‘Are you sure you won’t have another drink? Benson’s pulled out all stops with the wine’
As she realised that he had only been aer justto be pleasant here,’ she bit out
Dare rose from his seat, wine bottle in hand ‘Believe me, Red, so am I’
Like hell She glared at hiain and you won’t like the consequences’
Many children had tried while she’d been growing up and they’d got the wrong end of her temper every time
‘Is that a threat?’ he mocked
Carly took a deep breath and told herself not to let hiet to her Then she didn’t care ‘I don’t like what you’ve been iht to the point if you’re so straightforward?’
He rounded the table and prowled towards her Carly had to fight every bone in her body not to get up and run
‘You picked up on that, huh?’
‘On your veiled aniave him a superior smile of her own ‘Even a small child would have found it hard to miss’
‘But then children are so perceptive Do you want children, Red?’
He reached out and brushed the loose strand of her hair back behind her ear Carly gasped, twisting in her seat to look up at him ‘You don’t care if I want children or not,’ she said, distracted by the way her skin tingled where his fingers had grazed it
‘Not really,’ he agreed affably, leaning on the back of her chair ‘But if they’re on your agenda you e He won’t exactly be pitching a football with the youngster in the backyard Not that the backyard isn’t big enough You made sure of that first, didn’t you?’