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‘Good ,’ he murmured

Had she ever woken to anothing but ’

Morning The feeling of well-being faded and tension grabbed at her belly Their little whatever-it-as over and now she’d have to live under his roof—and his gaze—and endure the consequences of what they’d done And there was still the problem of Veronica

Suddenly all too aware of her nakedness, she dragged the quilt up to her chin, then, shoving a hand through what must look like porcupine hair, she sat up ‘What time is it?’

‘Six-thirty’ He played with the ends of her bed hair and there was a twinkle in his eye when he said, ‘We have a few things to discuss, Fairybread’

‘I was going to get to that Fairy bread?’

‘You know, buttered and covered in sprinkles and cut into tri—’

‘I knohat it is—what I don’t knohy you called me that’

‘Because it’s pretty—’ he kissed her nose ‘—it tastes sweet—’ he moved lower to nuzzle her neck ‘—and it was the best I could think of at short notice We need to get our story straight before we face the dragon lady’

She saw his a a space between theather her thoughts ‘Any chance of a coffee?’

‘No For all we know, your sister could be prowling the apart for evidence to put me away’

‘More like she wants to catch me out,’ Didi said ‘She knows this isn’t real’

His brows rose and so intiht?’

Her cheeks heated That was just it—it was only a perforhts she’d never been…she couldn’t think about that now

‘Why would she want to catch you out, Didi?’ he asked quietly