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'How's the job?' he asked with a faint sneer, looking at Cass again Did he expect Cass to resent her career the way he did? Or was he hinting that she was using Cass to further her career?

'Terrific,' she said coolly, aware of Cass watching therey eyes frozen but observant He hadn't said a word, and she hadn't tried to introduce Louis She didn't think Cass wanted to meet him

'We ought to get together again soon,' Louis said, unbelievably, and she just looked at hireen eyes ith derision Why had he said that?

'I'll give you a buzz,' he said 'See you'

She stared after him, still baffled, then the waiter came to take her plate away and looked reproachfully at her uneaten food

'Sorry, I'ised, and he removed her plate with an offended smile

'So, as that?' Cass asked while they waited for their next course 'A fellow scribe?'

'Sorry, I'd have introduced you if I thought you wanted tolook

'What made you think I didn't want to?'

She made flustered noises 'Well… I…'

'I got the idea he was h,' said Cass, and her eyes slid away, her skin burnt

'I can't think why you should…'

'I thought he was jealous,' Cass coolly continued over her sta

'Jealous?' she laughed, a little wildly and unconvincingly 'Good heavens, no! Jealous of what?'

'Of hed some more