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Roet his name

‘So you think the European ot to complete his question a female voice, a low, husky, very attractive female voice interrupted him

‘Excuse an?’

‘Who is that?’

‘A Mr Roan?’

‘How on earth…? I’m afraid this is a private…’

‘I’an Could you tellto?’

That combination of selective deafness and persistence, even if she did have an extraordinarily sexy voice, was going to get wearing very quickly, Roman decided

F O’Hagan and Sons had recently been held up as a shining exae of fee part in this conference call today

Roman didn’t have the faintest idea who this wo in the hly sensitive discussion He doubted if it orth the bother of finding out

Who did people blame for cock-ups before the advent of computers?p????e

‘I don’t kno you got on this line…’ Roman stopped The lazy smile that formed on his wide sensual mouth held more than a hint of self-derision Could it be, he wondered, that his display of uncharacteristic tolerance ate-crasher had a very attractive voice? In his head those ss, seductive lips and long blonde hair

‘Well, don’t ask me! Perhaps it was your turn to fob h to every other blessed person in the building!’

Goodbye sultry seductress, hello schoolteacher Oh, well, the harmless fantasy had been nice while it lasted

‘I’ve been fobbed off and made to wait—’

‘Do youup? This is a private and confidential discussion’ Soht like their women bossy—each to his own, that was his motto—only his own taste didn’t run in that direction

Unlike his topon every word of this conversation, the woman on the other end of the line didn’t appear to realise that when the head of O’Hagan Construction used this tone the conversation was at an end