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'And Bunny and I just happened to get in the way, hmm?'

Elizabeth wassituation 'Bunny?' she repeated incredulously

He shrugged impatiently 'A nickname'

'And a very appropriate one, too, I would guess,' ly

'If you ree with you,' he replied smoothly 'But I doubt whether your jealous remark was supposed to be complimentary'

'Jealous? Why should I be jealous?' Elizabeth's eyes were violet with contempt

He shrugged again, a fluid h the muscles of his arms and chest 'Maybe you envy her her lack of inhibitions about her body-'

'I'm not inhibited,' she lied 'Just because I don’t choose to flauntmale-'

'Oh, nobody could accuse you of doing that, chérie Your skin is still as pale and delicate as it hen you arrived You only shed that cover-up when you go in to swim and you don’t do that very often in spite of the fact you see of a water-baby'

A frisson of unease passed through her Had she been so busy pretending not to watch hi her?

'I don’t see any point in going home from a holiday burnt to a crisp, and I' marathons'

'So why aren’t you relaxed?' His thu over her tense face

'People relax in different ways,' she said feebly

'Your way is certainly very different You're always on theendless photographs, early to rise and in the casino until the wee hours-?'

'I like being busy!' The irony was that her busyness only reflected his