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“You are so bad”

“No,” Yvette said as she took a quick sip of her Cosmo Then she smiled coyly and said, “You want bad? Here he comes Finn Griffith, the devilish artist hi ht-haired, one dark-haired

Annabelle’s breath caught

“Yvette,” the dark-haired entle squeeze before he leaned in to kiss her on both cheeks “You put all my work to shame, doll”

Yvette beaotten a load of Annabelle”

Finn turned to her as Yvette gestured her way Fighting a blush, Annabelle said, “It’s a pleasure to meet you”

“My God,” the artist said as he stared at her “You’re even er under her chin and lifted it gently “Would you look at that neck? Long and slender and fantastically graceful It’s perfect” He turned to the man who’d accompanied them to their table “Good eye, Eric”

Annabelle rose above her sudden excitee a curious look with Yvette Finn continued on “You’ve met Eric Lyson, yes? A faas He’s starring in ht with the other two members of his acrobatics team”

That must be the business he’d needed to take care of earlier, Annabelle thought

Eric shook Yvette’s hand, then turned his glea eyes on Annabelle

“I had the good fortune to meet Annabelle on the dance floor,” he said to Finn “I couldn’t take my eyes off her”

“I can see why,” Finn said Then added in a very businesslike tone, “My female model for Eric’s body scene just backed out because of the flu I’ht Eric’s attention when you walked in He suggested you’d be perfect for the scene and I agree”

“I’h when Yvette clasped her hands together excitedly, she suddenly realized what Finn was getting at

He said, “I want to paint you, Annabelle” He placed the folio he carried on the table and flipped it open “Here’s a sketch of the scene Classic, right?”

The glint of excitement in Finn’s dark brown eyes made her shiver with an electric jolt she’d never felt before Annabelle’s gaze slid to the drawing