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He stared at her with that blank expression

Isobel sed hard “I-I had a pink cae dress o-once”

Still blank

“Not h, and itquite hysterical that she had to work hard to stop “So” She cleared her throat “I thought, maybe, y-you’d like to c-come to my house and h-have tea and talk about army s-stuff” She looked at him hopefully Desperately

Calluh she’d struck hie

“You’re one of those women, then,” he said “The kind that thinks co battle stories? Are you hoping I’ll show you roupies You want to get off with a soldier, look elsewhere”

Isobel felt like she’d been slapped “What? No!”

Callum shook his head “Clear out before I lose my temper” He turned his back on her

Isobel rushed forward, but her top snagged in the bush, holding her back

“It’s not like that That’s not why I’m here”

He strode into the house, ignoring her

Isobel panicked and did what she always did under pressure: she blurted the truth

“There’s a dead body in my freezer and I don’t knohat to do with it!”

CHAPTER 4

CALLUM STOPPED DEAD IN HIS tracks and slowly turned to face Isobel She was frozen in place, her cheeks a deep red and her green eyes so wide that they alht naked on stage, with the spotlight fir strides, Callum was at her side She tensed, ready to run He reached out, wrapped his fingers around her wrist and held her in place Firently