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Ethan responded cal to do? They’ll soon tire of us, and in no time those pictures will be wrapped around somebody’s fish and chips’

‘A faolden tonsils, blushes, in front of a ide television audience?’ Savannah stuck a finger in her ht of that ‘A story like that could run and run’

‘Gossip only hurts you if you allow it to,’ Ethan told her evenly ‘And if you’re going to let it get you down like this, Savannah, perhaps you should have another think about pursuing a career in the public eye’

Were those herof all the people who had helped her along the way and ould be badly let down if she quit ‘But the press say we’re sleeping together’ Surely that would get through to him?

Ethan’s brow rose seductively ‘Is that so bad?’

He shouldn’t tease her Savannah’s cheeks flushed cri sexually involved into her head And as he

doing that when he had vowed not to think of Savannah as anything other than a young girl under his protection? Was it because so than common sense took the lead?

Before he had a chance to reason it through she begged hiain so she could know the worst She er, not fear, and her hands were balled into fists as if she would like to punch out the screen She was new to this, he re and so do I,’ he soothed, ‘So let theet on with it’

‘No,’ she shot back fiercely ‘We have to issue a denial’

‘We have so on her naivety before it had a chance to take root Picking up the rely reclaimed, he tossed it out of her reach

Gradually she relaxed, hopefully seeing the sense behind his years of doing battle with the press ‘Thank goodnessthis

She looked so grateful it drove ho fa sense of loss for soons soon distracted hi

It took Savannah aIt was the first ti sound ‘What’s so funny?’

He shook his head, unable to speak for a bird?’ heout of a novel’

‘And I’er,’ Savannah pointed out ‘I enty last week’