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‘Work,’ he confir on his heels ‘Take a shower; there’s plenty of hot water’

Take a shower—alone? Mageneta frowned, wishing she hadn’t heard the distant note in Quinn’s voice After last night she had expected things to be very different between them

She waited until she was sure he was busy dressing before creeping out of bed Grabbing her discarded clothes, she held them in front of her She felt self-conscious suddenly Quinn made her feel as if she had overstayed her welcorehen he asked if she wanted a lift to the office

If? He hadn’t even turned to look at her yet

‘I don’t want to be late,’ he explained Stepping inside his open-plan dressing rooot a lot on this ’

Sheof the teauessed hopefully

‘Yes, I have,’ he confirmed

If this was an opportunity to get those girls out of the typing pool, she’d forgive hi ‘Great I’ll be as quick as I can,’ she pro out of bed

She had to be positive about this, Magenta told herself fir spray She ht have known that even in the sixties Quinn would enjoy state-of-the-art plus to one side and recognise theQuinn had called for the victory it was And what had she iress their relationship? It was tirips with the era in which she found herself, however much that hurt

But as they drove to the office, and she stared out of Quinn’s carat the sixties cityscape of concrete and high-rise grey boxes, there was nothing she wanted more than a return to real ti dreaued by everything she saw She had also expected to be set free to enjoy a whole new set of rules What she had not expected was those rules leading her to feel so deeply about Quinn, or to find that sexual freedo

Quinn reenta tried to persuade herself that he washimself for the day ahead Whatever had happened between theht face at the office There was enough uncertainty there without her adding to it, and the irls the good news