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She set the tray down He was sitting in a chair which seeure seemed to dominate the room

‘So,’ she said, handing him a cup But she didn’t sit down and join hi reer She perched her botto down on hiical advantage

‘So,’ he echoed Pushing aside a pile of brochures which were piled up on the coffee table, he put his cup down and looked around ‘This is a bit of a fall frorace, isn’t it?’

She kneas stupid to react but, even so, Lexi couldn’t stop herself fronation ‘This is my home and I love it,’ she said ‘At least I can close the door at the end of the day and know that I’ll find peace inside’

‘But it is soldfish which were swi round and round in a bowl Goldfish? Since when did his wife start keeping fish? He frowned ‘I realise that no alimony has been finalised—’

‘And I’ve told you that I don’t need your money!’

‘Which is clearly not true if you’re having to live like this’

‘I like living like this!’

‘Do you? Yet you walked away from a life where you had homes all over the world—beautiful homes?’

‘They were your homes, Xenon, not mine’

‘And now they tell ner?’

‘They?’ Lexi raised her eyebrows ‘No need to ask how you found that out I suppose you hired soator to spy on me’

‘I don’t consider finding out a few basic facts about ued by the life you’ve chosen You earned a fortune when you ith the band What’s happened to all the money?’