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Оглавление“Have dinner with me.”
Her jaw clenched—he hadn’t even framed it as a question. “No.” She gave the word all the finality she could muster.
“Because of the chair?”
“Not because of the chair, because we are currently working together on a school matter.”
He leaned back. “It’s because of the chair.”
Heather planted her hands on the table. “It’s because of the arrogant, pushy man in the chair.” She let out a breath and began putting the notebook back into her handbag. “I was just trying to be nice, to celebrate all the good you’ve done with Simon, but I should have known it’d get like this. I’ll walk back to school, thanks.”
Max put his hands up. “Okay, okay. I’ll take it down a notch. Let’s have pie and coffee and talk about Simon, and I’ll keep my dinner plans with Alex and JJ and pretend this never happened.”
She glared at him. “You were going to ditch Alex and JJ for dinner?”
“Well, not really. I was pretty sure you’d say no.”
Heather put one hand to her forehead. “You are absolutely impossible. You should come with a warning label.”
