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‘He’s really not that scary,’ Dare had commented with an arched brow as he’d petted him

Carly had offered a brief, forced s As far as she was concerned he and the adoring dog deserved each other because it had been Gregory’s fault she had nearly been run over by the man in the first place

‘A walk sounds lovely,’ Rachel agreed, ‘and I’m sure Dare won’t be bored at all’

Carly kept a s look The s, that was for sure And perhaps she could agree to escort Dare into the village and then kick him in the shins once they’d rounded the side of the house

‘Okay, fine,’ she groused

‘Don’t be too enthusiastic, Red I ht think you like me’

She’d show hiht around the next corner

S pointedly at Benson, she took hold of his wrist ‘I’e’ And he’d better use this ti fired and do it for him!

Satisfied that his pulse was fine, she stood up but not before she caught sight of Dare’s narrowed eyes on her hand She supposed to an outsider her casual touches could be construed as affection, but still It was a big leap to go fro with someone and it certainly didn’t excuse his rudeness towards her, or his grandfather

Dare had been surprised Carly had not continued to try and wheedle out of their little walk to the village He’d been surprised even estion even before he’d received his mother’s not-so-subtle kick in the ankle beneath the table She wanted tiive it to her and accoe

The little gold-digger who had played his mother like a finely tuned harp at lunch with her polite and surprisingly insightful views on current affairs and international issues He’d even found hi with her at one point, but then he supposed if one aimed to become a trophy wife one needed to be able to converse with a variety of intelligent people Perhaps Miss Carly Evans was just wilier than many of the women of her ilk

‘Okay, this is as far as we go,’ she said coldly, stopping suddenly as soon as they were out of sight of the terrace

Dare glanced at the ten-footto what looked like a maze, and a set of well-kept clinker brick stables off to the left ‘Se,’ he offered