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She slid out of her seat and pinned a smile on her face, very conscious that his parents were now close enough to hear what they were saying

Even so they wouldn’t have heard what Ro her ear; she barely caught the husky words herself

‘Well, if they don’t love you, remember I do, and that’s what counts’

All Scarlet had time to do was shoot his and introductions

It was ironic considering how , and how carefully she had planned what she was going to say down to the last detail and inflection, that when it arrived she didn’t have the faintest idea what she said or whom she said it to!p????e

The whole thing passed by in a blur, a dream Her mind was elsewhere

He said he loved me

It was possible that saying it out loud h self-control to stop herself trying out the theory

‘I hope you like the room’

Scarlet suely ‘Room…?’

‘I hope you like this room,’ Natalia repeated patiently

‘Of course, it’s a lovely roolance, which lingered longest on the bed she was to share with Roman

‘Saht that would be best’

‘Sa her belatedly to an alert state ‘Where is he?’

Natalia looked at her strangely ‘He has gone to look at the puppies in the kitchen, reet him if you like’

Deeply eht He’s alanted a dog’

‘All children like puppies and Alice is with him He’ll be fine’