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“I don’t think so”

“You want to keep that hand, pal, you’ll move it”

“Ah, there she is For a ave me a bad start”

“I bet you think that’s funny”

“I think I’ve hurt your feelings, and I’m sorry” He brushed his lips over her forehead even as he flipped desperately through his otten an occasion?”

“No No” She stepped back “No,” she said again, and felt ridiculous “I just wanted to do so And you can just stop looking at me like I’ve fried a few circuits You think you’re the only one who can put this kind of deal together? Well, you’re right You are I nearly stunned ht just to put myself out of my misery Oh fuck it”

She picked up her glass again, stalked to the wide, curved

Roarke winced and began the delicate task of extracting his feet from his mouth “It’s lovely, Eve And so are you”

“Oh, don’t start with me”

“Eve—”

“Just because I don’t do this kind of thing, because I don’t take the time—hell because I don’t think of it, doesn’t mean I don’t love you I do” She spun around, and he wouldn’t have described the look on her face as particularly loving She’d gone back to fury “You’re the one who’s always doing the things, saying the words Giving…” She fu back”

She was beautiful Hurt and angry, passionate and pissed, she was the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen “You steal my breath,” he murmured

“I’ve got this whole love of a lifetie”

“I beg your pardon?”

“Never mind” She paused, took a deep breath “The last couple of days people have said things that keep sticking in my brain Would you jump in front of a maxibus for me?”