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“What if there is?”

“Is there? Is reenhouse hurt?”

God, hireenhouse “I haven’t a clue,” I said honestly “I haven’t been out there”

“Oh” He exhaled and his shoulders sagged “You worried me, there”

I rolled my eyes “Fine I suppose I would appreciate a lift home It’s quite a walk from here”

“Come on” Miles nodded his head in the direction of his car and unlocked it using the key fob The lights flashed bright orange, illu the other cars, and I followed hier side door

I looked the inside over, peering underso far as to look in the glove box

“What are you doing?” Miles asked, staring down at me from the driver’s seat “I promise I have no murder weapons in here”

“There are cable ties in your glove box”

“They’re handy to have around Never knohen you’ll need one”

“And there’s a shovel on the backseat”

“I’ardener Kind of important for me to have a spade”

“If there’s rope in the boot, I’m out of here”

“There’s garden twine” He shrugged “Again, kind of important”

“H to see if there are any fish or frogs in here”

The overhead light flicked on right as he blinked at ht s in my car?”

“You took it for a swim yesterday”

“I was six inches into a puddle, Gabriella Not floating down the River Severn” His lips twitched, but he got them under control

Alas, still no smile

What did a girl have to do to make him crack a smile?

Miserable sod

“You would have been if you hadn’t called ot into the Land Rover and closed the door behind s Or toads They creep me the hell out”

“You’re scared of frogs? Don’t you have a ton of ponds and lakes on your property?” He started the engine and backed up, starting our journey

I looked out of the“Yes, and when have you ever seen me anywhere near them?”

“Good point”

I desperately wanted to ask hiet the words out Despite the fact we’d been talking all evening while serving the soup to displaced villagers, we hadn’t addressed our previous conversation about classism

And we hadn’t exactly left it on good terms

They weren’t particularly bad terms, but they weren’t horribly bad ones, either

So I broached a much, much safer topic