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Not when she had to talk to him and make him listen

He wasn’t going to listen He looked as if he would devour her

Self-preservation told Gigi that a sirl would shimmy back down the curtain and mind her own business

‘What’s happening?’ called up Lulu, who clearly wasn’t able to mind her own business either, because she had clii’s ankle

‘I don’t know,’ Gigi called back ‘Giveat me, Lulu Lachaille, or I really will fall’

Chastened, Lulu let go, but there was an answering hum of protest from below

‘You’re not a monkey, G Get down!’

‘She thinks she’s i, you won’t bounce!’

‘Gigi, tell us what you can actually see! Is it really him?’

‘Is he as gorgeous as he looks in all the photos?’

Gigi rolled her eyes At least Lulu understood that this s seriously But the other girls—poor fools—didn’t see it that way They were all operating under the belief that a rich guy in want of entertainirl and whisk her away to a life of unli

Probably alerted by all the noise, Kitaev looked up

His attention shot to the aquarium so fast she barely had time to think Certainly it was too late to draw herself back behind the curtain

His gaze fastened on her

It was like being slai’s ears and suddenly her balance didn’t seeo

She made a little sound of dis place atop the aquarium