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‘So, didn’t you have business to do today?’ Anissa leaned her head on one of her hands as she watched him
He waved one hand ‘Three calls to New York, about a hundred emails, and I have a conference call with Japan later’
She wrinkled her nose ‘Oh I meant family business Isn’t that what you’re here for?’
He took a breath Truth was, he wasn’t exactly sure what to say ‘I’ to hear a bit of news before I decide my next step’
It wasn’t untrue He was still hoping his laould find soical loophole that would set hih he’d already been told it was highly unlikely
He stayed silent for a few seconds as Anissa ran her hand up and down the neck of the bottle ‘What do you do in New York?’ she asked ‘A businessave a little s her eyes fixed on his ‘Maybe you’re a serial killer? Or a spy?’ She raised her eyebrows ‘Or uys who do real estate in New York and star in that reality TV show’
He couldn’t help himself ‘Do I look like a reality TV star to you?’
She ran her eyes up and down his body as if she were really conte it
He laughed ‘Wrong question I should have asked if I looked like a serial killer’
Now she laughed too and clinked her bottle against this ‘Thanks for this, Leo I needed a little fun’
He stopped for a second and licked his lips, looking at her appreciatively ‘So did I’ And he meant it Every word
This was ridiculous He couldn’t wait to get out of Mont Coeur He never should have been here in the first place And it was the last place he’d ever expected toAnissa had ame not quite so difficult
Christht nohipping up a whole range of emotions he didn’t quite kno to deal with
The waitress appeared with their food and set it before them
Even though it was just early afternoon, the place re
Leo found hi closer and closer across the table to talk to Anissa She didn’t see in her seat until their heads were al Her hair fell forward and the scent of strawberry shampoo drifted towards him
From the first time he’d met her he’d been attracted to her But the more time he spent around her, the more he seemed to learn Each encounter made him think that he’d peeled back another layer
Anissa had qualities he ade of determination The ability to work hard Drive But all of these things were partially clouded by a veil of soly suspected was a woman who’d been hurt at some point, and not just by her injury
It only made him relate to her all the more, and today she seemed more relaxed and at ease around him than she had before
He was noticing things Little things The kind of things that he didn’t normally take the trouble to notice When she chatted she always toyed with the earring in her left lobe She preferred to tuck her hair behind her right ear She was observant—and it wasn’t that he thought she was bored by him—or at least he hoped she wasn’t But she sees she noticed
‘The girl in the red jacket Do you think she’s on a first date?’
Leo looked to where she atching, seeing the girl shifting uncouy in a black jacket tried to engage her in conversation
Leo cringed ‘She doesn’t want to be there, does she? Look at that poor guy He obviously can’t stop talking He looks so nervous’
Anissa nodded to the right ‘What about the four girls in the booth over there? I sense trouble’
Leo checked them out and smiled as he sipped the last of his beer ‘I think you could be right Things look as if they’re getting fierce’
Sure enough, a few seconds later one of the and jacket and stomped out the front door
Leo couldn’t stop watching Anissa ‘You like this, don’t you?’
She finished her beer ‘What? People-watching?’ She gave a little shrug ‘Of course Doesn’t everyone? I just usually don’t get ti then I do lessons s It’s nice to get a little downtime’
She gave a wicked kind of sine whole other lives for people’ She gestured with her head to the couple behind theuys? They look normal, but she’s actually a princess frouard But’ She leaned forward and whispered behind her hand, ‘They’re actually in love with each other’
Leo shook his head but couldn’t help but smile as Anissa continued ‘And those two over there—at the bar?’ She winked ‘They e couple who just spent the , but they’re actually tiyptian queen’