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She had to laugh ‘You only have to enter a room and you’re the centre of attention I didn’t know anyone here More importantly, they didn’t want to know me’

Xavier’s frown deepened ‘You should have said if you were having difficulties’

‘I wasn’t having difficulties I didn’t want to interrupt your conversation, that’s all And these are your guests, notminute to me’

‘Just a few of thosea smile

She didn’t like to think what that smile could do to her And it was too late to blank it out It had already warmed her, and reminded her of her favourite fantasy, that involved happy-ever-after with the h,’ she said

Xavier sighed, and turned away as his sy I should have been a better host’

‘But it suits your purpose better if I leave empty-handed,’ she said shrewdly

He swung around ‘You’re determined to think the worst of me’

‘Then give me a reason not to’

The crease was back in his cheek ‘Maybe I will,’ he said with a flash of his sexy dark eyes

A few longfrom her wrist ‘They didn’t suit you?’

‘They hurt,’ she confessed

‘And you hate the dress—not a great result, clothes-wise’

She plucked at the dress and frowned ‘I know it sounds ungrateful, but I have to agree, this is not my favourite outfit’

Pulling his head back to stare at her, Xavier narrowed his eyes in speculation ‘How much do you hate the dress?’