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She listened Coht want to consider later Quietly translated an occasional word or then it seemed important to do so And when the business portion of the evening ended, she sed pleasantries with the others

At last, chairs were scraped back and handshakes were exchanged Air kisses from the French CEO and his wife for her, a second set of air kisses from the CEO’s wife for Marco, a friendly slap on the back from the CEO

A deal had been cinched

Then they were in the li them back to the hotel

“Well,” Marco said, s, “that went very well”

Emily looked at him “You think?”

“I know You did an excellent job”

She breathed out a sigh of relief “Thank you”

“For what? It is the truth” He grinned “The Frenchman said that if ever I decided to part with you, he would hire you in a heartbeat at thatever I’ you”

She laughed “You don’t think it’s dangerous to tell me that?”

His serous, cara”

She felt her pulse skitter

“Not to worry,” she said lightly, deliberatelylook that was suddenly in his eyes “I’d need all kinds of fancy documents and permits to take him up on his offer”

“I would not let that happen”

His voice was low, his expression intense It didn’t take a genius to know they weren’t talking about documents and permits