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‘Perfectly’

When the girls had finished testing the make-up, Quinn eased away from the wall ‘Thank you, all of you, for your co-operation Please take anything you like’

‘Excuse me…?’

‘Yes?’ Quinn’s head shot round when Magenta spoke up

‘We girls didn’t want to be passive observers in the trial, and though we’ve enjoyed the experience enormously we do have some products we’d like youuproar ‘We thought it could only benefit the caht into male products too, to cover all theQuinn’s expression turn thunderous He had granted her one favour and now she was stretching his patience to the li for her blood After all, what could a woman possibly know about a man’s world?

Quinn silenced the roar of protest

She had to risk everything on one final throw of the dice ‘I wouldn’t have thought of it,’ Magenta said innocently ‘I have you to thank, Quinn, for pointing out that our advertising efforts are largely directed at ht it only prudent to be sure we’re on the right track by trialling sohts on them’

‘Yes, yes, yes,’ Quinn interrupted impatiently as the other ht,’ he added to her amazement ‘I said we’d have a fair trial, and ill, which means the results cannot be assessed until we have views from both ends of the spectrum’

With men at the top end of that spectruht But this wasn’t the ti to plan ‘Would you give us a minute to set up?’ she asked before Quinn had a chance to change his mind

‘Take all the time you need More than a minute and I’enta returned at the head of her team

‘A shaving chair I borrowed from the local barber’

Quinn shook his head in cynical surprise, but insisted on lifting it out of her hands all the same ‘Where would you like it?’

‘In the centre of the rooenta noticed ‘All we need now is a volunteer What, no one? Won’t anyone help us with our trial?’

Soered