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Fielding another bolt of disturbing heat, because he’d realised howto him, Hal leveled her a deliberately flirtatious smile ‘How could I refuse such an irresistible invitation? You certainly kno to tetonespecially when he’s literally been knocked off his feet’

His companion’s even white teeth worried delicately at her fulsome lower lip

‘Are you saying that you’relow?’

Hal responded with a short, ironic laugh ‘I hardly need a reason to be more susceptible to tely husky and Kit’s rosy cheeks turned even rosier, he noticed

‘Well’ Seizing the chance to free herself froot hurriedly to her feet ‘I’d better get on withyou that toast’

‘Don’t forget to do some for yourself’

‘All I need in theis a cup of tea’

His gaze swept pointedly up and down her figure ‘You’ll fade away You’re not on some ridiculous diet, I hope?’

‘No, I’m not’ Her expression was painfully affronted ‘Do you think I’d be on a diet at the expense of my health? I trust I have y person and I don’t easily put on weight The more I do, the more I just burn it off’

‘Well, don’t get too skinny’ Hal grinned, absentar into his coffee ‘I like my women to have a decent amount of flesh on their bones’

‘Wellhow fortunate that I’m not one of your women, then,’ Kit returned s to the press, you certainly have plenty to choose from’

So she had read those tiresome reports of his so-called salacious conduct in the newspapers It seehtly in her eyesbroken leg or no broken leg She wouldn’t be in a hurry to grant him any kind of dispensation He silently balked at the idea that what she’d read about hiht have already sullied her opinion

‘It may or may not interest you to know, but I haven’t had a date in over sixabout what you read in the tabloids, Kit Maybe it’s tied to a better class of newspaper?’

The flush on her face was akin to the shade of fresh beetroot, and Hal instantly regretted the biting comment But it was too late to retract it

‘You’re entitled to your opinion, of course Would you like some more coffee with your toast, Mr Treverne?’