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She still looked a bit stunned ‘I’ve heard about the staff party I just wasn’t sure if I was going to go What will the rest of the staff think if I go with you?’

He waved his hand ‘Who cares?’

‘I care’ She looked serious

He shook his head and took both her hands in his ‘Grace, they will think I’ thank you for the way you’ve decorated the hotel The way you’vein such a classy, stylish way And they’d be right’

She glanced over at the Christain

She tilted her head to one side ‘Well, when you put it like that’

CHAPTER FOUR

ALICE ARCHER COULD sniff out a proble with you today, Grace? Oneout of thein soe expression on your face’

Grace started back to attention ‘What expression?’ she said quickly as she hung up another of Alice’s coats

Alice gave a knowing s-of-a-special-man kind of smile’

Heat instantly seared her cheeks ‘I have no idea what you mean’

But Alice wasn’t put off She ed the subject so she could probe another way ‘The decorations are beautiful’ She leaned back in her chair and gave a wistful sigh ‘I doubted I’d ever see Christain But you’ve captured the spirit perfectly’ She gave Grace a careful glance ‘Who knew that purple could be such a festive colour?’ She picked up the individual snow globe that Grace had brought up to her roo it over so the snoirled around in the liquid, then setting it back down on the table and watching it with a smile on her face

‘It’s nice to see things changing’

Grace was concentrating on the clothes hanging on the rails She’d started arranging them into colour schemes ‘He’s asked

‘He’s what?’

Darn it She’d played right into Alice’s hands

Alice pushed herself up from the chair and stood next to Grace ‘Finlay asked you to the party? He doesn’t seem the type to do parties,’ she added