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“I’m sorry”
Her words had hiaze to her in clear surprise “What for?”
“My personal life shouldn’t take precedence over yours”
“It’s…”
“I know,” she said, with an impatient tut “It’s your job But you’re entitled to your
free time”
“I have enough time off”
“But you had plans tonight…?”
He shot her a wry side glance
“I did” His voice was laden with soht
“I’m so…”
Ty interrupted her apology “I’ve beento alphabetizeme crazy”
“Seriously?” Another squeak! She sounded like a mouse around him sometimes
“Yes, aze went back to the numbers above the door
“You read?”
His lips twitched but the elevator pinged before he could respond, and he did his usual alphaher to step out
“Yes,” he said, to the top of her head, as he shepherded her through the foyer He lifted a hand in greeting to the security guard at the front desk and nodded at the night porter “If pushed, I can even write downkids do”
“That’s not what I meant,” she retorted as she settled into the car
He didn’t reply until he was in the driver’s seat His eyes met hers in the rearview mirror “I read”
“What do you enjoy reading?” she asked wriggling in the seat until she was conored the automatic seatbelt extender for a moment, while she reached into her trusty bilum for her compact and lipstick It took a while to find the ite her stuff, it was to find hi at her in the mirror
“Seatbelt,” he reminded succinctly She rolled her eyes but obediently reached for the belt and clicked it in place
“Well?” She prompted
She flipped open her compact and refreshed her Berry Nude lipstick A soft pink shade that complimented her complexion nicely Her eyes went back to the rearview aze focused on herall over her body
He blinked, not see, and appeared to shake hi it through the early evening traffic
Yeah right, just doing his job…her bloody eye There had been nothing professional in that stare
Vicki coughed, trying to ease the sudden dryness of her throat, and the sound drew Ty’s attention
His eyes flickered to hers in thethe reason for the sound “I like autobiographies Whodunnits Thrillers Horrors It’s a h”
“What
“Not a single romance novel in the bunch”