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He wasn’t one to hold grudges, but I’d wound up in a bad situation a fewto like me, is he?" she asked as I led her into the library

I decided to treat that as a rhetorical question "I can’t believe you’re here this early When you said you’d stop by today, I thought it’d be closer to lunchtiht in a little bed-and-breakfast nearby," she said "I do that soet out of the city It clears my head"

We chatted in the library for a while about work, discussing the show and possibilities for the Web site She asked to see the house and I was giving her a tour when the doorbell rang

"Nathaniel’s in a conference call I need to get that," I said to Meagan, hurrying froet the door

"No proble back to the city anyway I’ll ith you"

We made our way to the front door As expected, Nathaniel’s office door was closed as alked by and I heard so on the speakerphone

"I don’t think he was expecting anyone," I said "He would have told , but trotted up to Meagan when he saw her He was tian had toldup, but her current aparth the peephole, surprised at who I saw I unlocked the door and opened it

"Mr DeVaan," I said "Please come in"

I’d met Master DeVaan the first tiallery there, but I also found out that he was a photographer One of his specialties was erotic photos

"Thank you, Abby," he said "Sorry to just drop by like this, but your portrait was delivered yesterday I thought I’d bring it over an asked in a voice so strained that I turned my entire attention to her She was so pale she looked as if she’d seen a ghost For a second she looked as if she just ht be one herself

DeVaan seean? Is that you?"

An uneasy silence fell across the roo to the door

"DeVaan," he said "I just got your text I’m sorry I didn’t reply I’ve been in teleconferences " He made it into the foyer and ian and DeVaan "I would introduce you, but it appears you an so," she said, and I got the impression she wanted to speak before DeVaan did "Isn’t that right, Luke?"

So that was his first name Funny, he didn’t look like how I pictured a Luke He was quite handsome with blue eyes that always seean’s question, his voice took on the soft, seductive tone I remembered from e’d meet in Delaware

"If that’s what you want to call it, sweetheart," he said, and Meagan flinched