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“You’re very good at hiding it, but you’re actually very softhearted”

Her first instinct was to deny this, but then she saw his clown face, and a truth suddenly struck her This was Acheron Si his face painted on just for the sake of taking her to work – and she couldn’t even ad softhearted where he was concerned?

Teeth gnashing, she fought against the usual wave of shyness as she forced herself to say, “I’m only softhearted for people…I care about”

Seeing her practically choke on the words had Acheron realizing in amusement that Pippi was determined to be more expressive than usual

Well, then, if that was truly what she wanted, far be it for him to stand in her way…

Pippi nearly lost her footing again when she felt Acheron casually slip an ar possessively on her hips as he drew her close Every inch of her was now plastered against his side, and she was all at once on fire and on edge

All her life, she had steered clear ofhim stake a claim on her body, and in full public view of their town’s early risers no less

Acheron chuckled when Pippi practically dove into the backseat of the car, and the sound had hera face as soon as he joined her and pulled the door shut on her still-gawking neighbors

The way the billionaire had held her le eyebrow in Mia a sleepy town of less than 2,000 perlued with questions about this ’s clownish visitor

“I thought ere supposed to keep things under the radar,” she muttered

“Which we are,” Acheron answered easily, “by hiding in plain sight”

“Plain isn’t exactly the word that cohtly as the caras she turned her anxious gaze towards the driver’s seat

“Good h the rearview h Acheron’s factotuht However sinister Wickham appeared to be, she knew Acheron trusted hih for Pippi to trust the other man as well

“I hope you find the vehicle sufficiently comfortable, Ms Jones”

“It’s very comfortable” And even if it wasn’t, Pippi would still say otherwise With Wickha her of Volde rid of his clownlike she had tue-inspired Wonderland

And one wrong word, she thought wryly, et her neck snapped

“…one of our strategies is to not use any vehicle owned by Mr Si you up”

It tookto her, and another second to understand what he was saying “So this isn’t your car then?”