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Seagra roohtful expression on his face "Bad news?"

"I'm not sure yet"

She kissed him on the cheek "A shame we can't live like normal people so you could confide your problems to me"

He squeezed her hand "If only I could"

"Government secrets What a colossal bore" She smiled slyly "Well?"

"Well, what?"

"Aren't you going to be a gentleman?"

"I'ot" He pulled her stole from the closet and slipped it over her shoulders "A bad habit ofmy wife"

Her lips spread in a playful grin "For that, you will be shot at dawn"

Christ, he thought ht not be too farfetched at that, if Koplin screwed up at Novaya Zemlya

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The Seagraathered at the entrance to the East Roo line Dana had been in the White House before, but she was still impressed by it

The President was standing smartly and devilishly handsome He was in his early fifties and was definitely a very sexynext to hi a rich relative, was Ashley Fleant and sophisticated divorcee

"Oh shit!" Dana gasped

Seagram frowned at her irritably "Nohat's your problem?"