Italian Maverick's Collection. Кейт Хьюит
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you hadn’t been able to get me here? You’d have looked foolish in front of Corina.’
‘It wouldn’t have done my dignity any good,’ he agreed. ‘And you’d have enjoyed that. I’m going to have to beware of you.’
‘As long as you realise that.’
Before he could reply the telephone rang. He answered it, spoke tersely in rapid-fire Italian and hung up.
‘I’ve got to go to my office for a couple of hours. Why not come with me and let me show you around?’
‘Thank you but there’s no need. I won’t escape. I promise.’
He made a wry face. ‘I wasn’t exactly thinking that—oh, hell, yes, I was.’
‘I wonder what your employees would think if they saw how easily you get into a panic.’
‘Only with you. You’re the scariest person I know.’
‘Then I’ll just have to stick around for the pleasure of scaring you.’
He smiled suddenly, but his smile was quickly replaced by a frown. ‘I have to be going. I’ll be back as soon as I can.’
He departed quickly, leaving her to lean from the window, watching him until he vanished. She had a good view of the neighbourhood, with its expensive shops and elegant roads.
So many roads, she thought. And no way of seeing where they all led.
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