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Certainly not more handsome than this

He reached back, his eyes never leaving hers, and opened the rear door Then he bent down and picked up her shoes

“Please Get in”

She hesitated but not for long

Oh, she thought as she stepped inside the Mercedes, oh, lovely

The interior arlorious She tried to show so your way across a leather seat toward a woue

Impeccable hairdo Impeccable makeup Iown Stilettos heels, the kind that would never be so unsophisticated as to fall apart in the rain

“Be careful,” the wo all over everything!”

“Sorry! I di-d-didn’t mean t-to—”

“This is ridiculous You should be sitting up front”

Marco Santini’s hard, warainst Emily’s The car door slammed shut She looked at him

“She ht I mean, I really am awfully et”

“You’re fine where you are Charles? Turn up the heat, please” Marco leaned forward and pressed a button The door to a discretely-designed compartment clicked open; he reached in and took out a bottle of alass “Brandy,” he said, holding it out to her “Take a sip”

Emily eyed it warily “Thank you, b-b-but—”

Marco rolled his eyes, brought the glass to his lips and drank “See? Absolutely safe Go on It will help”