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“Meaning, okay, yes, perfect Drop-dead gorgeous You still want me to believe you haven’t noticed?”

“I haven’t I don’t think about Keir that way”

“I know you don’t and a good thing, too, or I’d have to buy you pizza every night until you gained two hundred pounds and took yourself out of the running”

“I’, Cass Not when it comes to Keir or anybody else”

“Yeah” Cassie sighed, reached for another olive and instead slapped down the box cover “I’ to dump this, otherwise that two hundred pounds will be a reality A hundred for you, a hundred for h it won’t matter to you because you’re determined to lead a nun’s life, it’ll matter to me because I’m not”

“You’ve already landed that Frenchman”

“Untrue He spent four hours playing craps, kept askinghim drinks, tipped irlfriend ca and claimed him”

“Ah”

“Ah, indeed But you’ll see So catch”

“For a woman who says that, you’ve dumped an awful lot of fish back into the sea” Dawn smiled “You knohat I think?”

“Yes You think I should save what’s left of this pizza for your breakfast”

“I think that the heart of a true roh shell”

“If your shell’s not tough, what’s the sense in having one? Just ask a soft-shell crab what he thinks soe the subject”

“What subject? Pizza?”

“Men, and why you’re afraid of them”