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“You lied to me, Byron!”
Оглавление“I couldn’t think of any decent way to tell you.”
“Of course not. Decency isn’t your style.” She tilted her chin up, hanging on to the last shreds of her dignity. “Does Cliff know about us?”
“He knows you don’t like me.”
“But I never indicated…”
Byron grinned. “You aren’t as good at hiding your emotions as you think, Miss Gates. But you can relax. He doesn’t know why you dislike me so much. I haven’t told him anything.”
Nora exhaled at the blue autumn sky. “I could strangle you, Byron.” She looked back at him. “And that’s only the half of it.”
“I’m sure,” he said. His tone was neutral, but she saw the lust—the damned amusement—in his eyes.
“Don’t you get any ideas, Byron Sanders Whoever. You don’t mean any more to me than a bag of dried beans.”
“Remember your fairy tales, Nora.” Byron smiled. “Jack’s beans turned out to be magic.”
