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Rohtened up but didn’t break eye contact ‘A very nice ear,’ he said, his voice doing ale to her nervous system as his warm breath had ‘I could eat it’

‘You really don’t have to do this, you know’ She could barely hear her own voice above the cla heart ‘Do?’

The circles of colour that appeared on the apples of her cheeks looked feverishly bright against her marble pallor

‘Say…stuff I really don’t expect it, you know, just because we slept together once,’ she assured hiht,’ she conceded, ‘twice But you can’t really count the last time’

Her reassurance wiped the sht off his face ‘You can’t…Why?’ A nerve clenched hard in his lean cheek as he brought his hand along the side of her jaw ‘Did you have your fingers crossed?’

Scarlet felt the heat rush to her cheeks She glanced over her shoulder, aware that their conversation was a little personal for so public a place

Their new seats were directly adjacent to a group ofshe said One of their nuht her eye and winked

Scarlet responded to his, ‘Hello, lovely girl,’ with a grin and a wave before turning back to Romanp????e

‘It’s not going to happen again,’ she declared in a fierce undertone

While she spoke he maintained an expression of polite disbelief that made her want to hit him

‘Because you don’t want it to?’ he suggested in a light conversational tone

‘I’ve not given it er or more improbable

‘Sure you haven’t, as in you’ve not thought about much else’ He shook his head, the cynical twist to his wide, sensualmore pronounced as he looked across at her miserable face ‘Grow up, Scarlet,’ he advised tautly ‘There’s absolutely no e could share a bedroo happen,’ he imparted simply

The thing was his confidence was fully justified ‘Thata bedroom with you so on’t find out!’

‘I’ve already explained the sleeping arrangements to my parents’

‘Then you’ll have to unexplain them’

‘I can’t do that’

‘Why not?’

‘Because they expect an engaged couple to sleep in the same bed’

She stilled and lost what little colour she had ‘What did you say?’