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“I’ve wished for it,” she corrected, “because I’d be ready”

“You terrify ed

“You said I was the best” She grinned, patted his cheek “Relax, Roarke, I’ stupid”

“Oh, I’ll sleep easy now”

“How er before we land?” Impatient, she turned to walk to the viewscreen

“Thirty ine”

“I need Nadine”

“What are you planning, Eve?”

“Me? Oh, I’ers through her untidy hair “Haven’t you got some ritzy affairs, the kind the o to?”

He let out a sigh “I suppose I could come up with a few”

“Great Let’s set soers on her knee “I guess I can even push it to getting a couple of new outfits”

“Above and beyond” He scooped her up and sat her on his lap “But I’ close, Lieutenant”

“I don’t ith civilians”

“I was talking about the shopping”

Her eyes narrowed as his hand snaked under her shirt “Is that a dig?”