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‘It isn’t a complaint, official or otherwise, unless you particularly want it to be’

Scarlet’s jaw tightened at the blatant sarcas so rude to ested innocently

The hooded lids lowered in a lazy fashion but there was nothing re it’

Scarlet conceded this lightest of warning with a shrug and rubbed the goose-bumps that had broken out over her forearms When his voice dropped to a husky murmur that way it had an almost tactile quality

She had the distinct inored hiht and enjoyed winning even more She could see why he didn’t lose often, his dark eyes contained a gleaence tolooks

The idea of pulverising him verbally was still an awfully attractive one, if deeply unrealistic

‘You hter…?’ As this was just a h the motions there didn’t see the child into the conversation, Roht

‘Son’

‘Right,’ he drawled

He couldn’t have sounded less interested It wouldn’t take much effort to make it a little less obvious he was here under sufferance, Scarlet thought, pursing her lips indignantly ‘Sam,’ she supplied

Roman watched her face soften unconsciously as she said the kid’s na lashes lowered, half concealing his eyes as he considered her sood skin, nice hair; it was a shalasses, and of course the bizarre sense of style

But he wasn’t here to organise a make-over, he reminded himself He was here to convince hisaround the country

‘My ht have alarmed…Sam’

‘He didn’t take it personally’ Her atteoing He had twoconversational skills were not part of his attraction! But then she already knew that his attraction was much more basic