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“I smell?”

“No Yes You don’t smell bad You smell like the blasted ocean And it’s everywhere What do you do? Douse yourself in aftershave, then rub up against the furniture like a cat? Are youyour territory? Because this is my territory”

“I know it’s your territory, and I don’t rub ” Harvard shot her a look that was equal parts confusion and a to be a sensitive and considerate guest and keep out of your way”

“Well stop it It’s driving lared at the kitchen counter “You e with pastries You cook dinner, and it tastes like so I’d order from the Savoy Which I don’t understand When did you have ti a spy? It isn’t normal None of this is normal” She pointed at him “You aren’t normal”

“Okaaaaay, should I stop cooking?”

“Yes! And while you’re at it, stop being so da the length of the living roo in Spanish, you smell like the beach in summer, you make friends easily, you clean up after yourself” She came to a halt in front of him and poked at his chest “You look like that! Muscles everywhere Which I don’t understand because I never see you work out And then there’s the way you dress…it’s too sophisticated I es couldn’t have done a better job of putting you together”

She waved a hand down his body, indicating the bespoke suit in the perfect shade of pale gray that he’d teamed with a crisp white shirt and a classic Rolex A Rolex!

“How can you even afford a Rolex? You worked for the CIA” She stopped talking as a thought occurred to her “Please tell me that this perfect version of you isn’t real and that you ent” She held her breath, waiting for the answer Hoping her guess was right

“You want me to be a traitor?” The look in Harvard’s eye made it clear he orried about her

“Yes,” she snapped “I want a sign Just one sign That you aren’t so perfect that you practically co”

She watched hishis suit jacket over the back of one of the stools at the breakfast bar

“So, let ht” He unbuttoned the cuff of his shirt “You think I’ht?”

He rolled up the sleeve to just below his elbow, and it wasAnd sensual Why was it sensual?

Watching him do the sa around you is frustrating” Watching a man roll up his shirt sleeves shouldn’t be sexy “And stop doing that too” She pointed at him

Harvard frozemy sleeves?”