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She looked away quickly, but not before the need she had seen shining in his eyes had awoken the same feeling in her belly.
He shot a quick furtive glance in the back before announcing very quietly, ‘I have a heart and I am very anxious to prove it to you.’
‘It’s not your heart you’re offering me.’
‘All parts of my anatomy are on offer.’
She shivered and stared ahead. ‘I’m not discussing this with you now.’
‘Later, then.’
A hissing sound of frustration escaped her clenched teeth.
‘Chloe...’
Chloe started guiltily at the sound of the curious voice from the back seat. ‘Do you live in a castle?’
‘My sister does, but where my mum and dad live is more properly termed a fortified home.’
‘Normal people do not live in castles.’
‘Normal people do not have a rota for the shower because there’s never enough hot water to go around! Trust me, we are not at all glamorous—in fact, we’re just a little bit last century. I was at college before I ordered my first takeaway pizza.’
‘God!’ Eugenie breathed.
‘Take the next exit,’ Nik said suddenly as they approached the roundabout. ‘You just went past it,’ he said with an air of resignation.
‘Roundabouts are made for going around.’ On this note of logic she did so for the third time.
