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“‘Sort out?’” she repeated, her rily studied his lean face As if I can be filed away like a coly

‘I simply meant…’ Their eyes made contact, his lashes ca frustration in those dark depths ‘You are one prickly female, do you know that?’

‘I don’t like the idea of being sorted’

‘It’s a figure of speech’

‘Then maybe you should choose your words with more care’

‘Dear God, I’shells around you,’ he claiical step would be for us to coested heavily ‘All I knew for sure when I came here was Sam was my child, and you weren’t the mother I needed some answers’

‘What did you think I’d done, kidnapped hiested sarcastically

‘I hadn’t ruled out anything As I’ve already said, all I knew for sure was you weren’t the mother’

‘How convenient I’ht not have realised it was impossible for me to be Sam’s mum’

A dark line of anger appeared along the crest of his cheekbones as their eyes ry glittering slits

‘I’ to think there’s an element of jealousy in your hostility’

“‘Jealousy?’” she parroted shrilly ‘You think I’m jealous that you slept with h had a hollow sound to it

‘I was thinkingjealous because there is someone else with a claim to Sam and you’re possessive, you want to keep him all to yourself But if the other works?’ One dark brow quirked suggestively

A scorching flush travelled over her entire body as she gasped into the static silence that followed his words