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Marco folded his arms as the car pulled into traffic She knehat that meant He’d reached some intractable position on some iant!

“Your things Your clothes Makeup Books, jewelry, even your hair dryer All of it is at ht, Charles? “

“Right, sir”

Emily looked at the chauffeur in the mirror His mouth curved in a very small smile

“LetI own—everything—out of my apartment and into yours?”

Marco shrugged “I suppose it is possible so was overlooked We will come down on the weekend and you can—”

She hit him

Not hard

It was h but he was not a foolish hter, he was sure, would be a mistake

“Do you reant? Well, you’re not You’re—you’re s and self-centered and you will ht back because—”

“Es I want you with me, not in that unsafe hovel”

“It’s not unsafe It’s not even a hovel There are worse places”

“Si The neighborhood where you worked”

“All cities have slums Back in Dallas—”

“That’s the point, sweetheart I don’t want you living as you did growing up I want you to have all the things I can give you”