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He folded his arms and pinned her with his stare “Are you sure you aren’t avoiding ht?”

“Get over yourself, Josh McInnes Not everything is about you Stick a pin in that ego of yours and deflate it a little”

He frowned “So what are you doing here, if not avoiding me?”

“I’ out with anyone else who doesn’t have a visitor Which I need to get back to” She headed towards another open door Josh followed her

The worinned when she saw theht company”

“No,” Caroline told her “I didn’t He’s leaving” She gave him a pointed look

Caroline stood in the doorway to block his entrance Josh glanced around the room and did a double take when he saw the place was filled with hand-knitted bears All the same size and shape; only the colours varied He blinked a couple of ti back to Caroline “I’ll wait for you We’ve got dinner with ht”

“No You won’t I have things to do after my visit here Don’t worry I’ll be at dinner on tiht

“I’m happy to wait I haven’t seen you for days”

She let out a long sigh “Josh, don’t take this the wrong way, but I aht now I pro Okay?” She patted hily, then took a step back into the room A second later, the door slammed in his face

Josh stared at the door “Is there a right way to take that?” he shouted

People in the corridor stopped to stare at hi hard

“Fine” Josh struggled to regain his dignity “I’ll see you later, then” There was silence from the room

Having no other option, Josh turned on his heels and went back to the castle

Caroline waited until she was certain Josh had left the building, before she peeked out of the door