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Оглавление“I just don’t want you to think you can make excuses for reneging on a deal.”
China stopped with a forkful of omelet halfway to her mouth. “What deal? We haven’t made a deal.”
Campbell appeared unconcerned by her denial. “It wasn’t written and signed, but there damn well is a deal going on here, and you know it. Had we been alone when you woke up this morning, we’d be in bed now and not giving a damn about breakfast.”
He spoke with complete honesty, and while she admired that, she couldn’t quite match it. She put the bite of omelet in her mouth to buy time.
“It would have been a mistake,” she said finally.
Campbell leaned even closer to China. “When you get your courage back,” he said, his voice very quiet, “I’ll show you that making love with me would never be a mistake.”
