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'Are you out of your ossip coluh—who cares if I stay with William Cassidy's family or not? Nobody's interested'

'Oh, yes, they are!' Leo protested loudly, red in the face 'That dra news, and you helped do it A ro His publicity people have worked like slaves for years to get his name into the papers on one pretext or another— he can't complain now just because it doesn't suit him You can't pick and choose your publicity If you've ure, you have to take what is thrown at you'

Sian had said all that herself on many previous occasions, about other people She had never expected to be on the receiving end, or to see it frole

Leo cal back, he openly assessed her from head to foot 'Mind you, I can't quite see…'

'What?' she asked, bristling

'Oh, nothing,' he said hastily, confused by her belligerence

'What he sees inhis head

'Good heavens, no, of course not—I mean, why shouldn't he fancy you? A lot of men like blondes, and you aren't too bad I mean, you're very pretty, of course, I'm sure a lot of men… well, so heavily, red about the neck 'I don't knohat I ot me in a state now'

Sian laughed and told hi Paul into Mrs Cassidy's house, nor a a story about my weekend with the Cassidy family' She made for the door and Leo bellowed behind her

'You'll do as you're told or find another job…'

Sian sla

CHAPTER SEVEN

Sian expected to hear fro her that evening Sian had been on tenterhooks ever since she'd got back to her flat, waiting for a ring at the doorbell, but it was al when the phone made her jump out of her chair, and she was so startled that she stared at it nu to snatch it up

'Hello?'

'Sian?'