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Guiltily, Rose glance down at her curves and sighed At the nificant, and noas not the time to think about the killed in cold blood and she couldn’t get distracted fro to do next was considerably more important than hoide her hips were and whether men found them attractive

“I don’t knohat to do,” she admitted in a shaken whisper

Barnaby sympathised He had been in this kind of situation ontoo unusual for hiiven his line of work However, to someone like Rose, it was a massive shock to her delicate sensibilities, and he had to keep that in mind at all costs if he wanted her total compliance in what they were about to do

“All he can see is our heads together e stand like this He will think we are nothingto correct hi rash Do you understand me?”

Rose nodded jerkily

“Can you still see him?” Barnaby murmured for her ears only

Rose took another cautious peek over his shoulder, but this tin of Chadwick

“Is that his name? Chadwick? And no, I don’t see him”

Barnaby sighed He had no intention of furnishing her with any information He wanted her to answer his questions

“We are going to turn around and walk back inside, but very slowly Put your ar back to the ball He has no reason to suspect anything”

“He has just been staring at us,” Rose protested, knowing deep inside that this was never going to work Soossips inside,the one person in the rooossiped about, but she had no choice but to go along with his suggestion If she uno with hih, matters would be different

Barnaby sighed heavily Picking her hand up, he slapped it on his arlared down at her

“Just do as I say and ill get out of here without being shot at Of course, you can take your bloody chances and go your oay, but he is a better shot than you are a runner You won’t reach that door before you get struck down,” Barnaby snapped

“You don’t have to swear,” Rose scolded She had no idea where the ad she had been thinking It had come out of nowhere and had surprised her as much as it annoyed him

Barnaby glared at her “Look, you ht but I would prefer to get soet shot Now, are you going to do as I ask or shall I leave you out here for him to pick off at will?”