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‘Are you?’ she asked, cocking her head to one side.
‘So hasn’t there been anyone else?’ he asked.
‘You seem very inquisitive about my love life.’
‘I’ve always liked to think that you were happy, that’s all.’
She smiled with one corner of her mouth. ‘There wasn’t anybody after Dan. But I wasn’t unhappy. Being alone doesn’t have to be a sad thing.’
Ben said nothing, and went back to toying disinterestedly with the last of his food.
‘So what about you?’
‘What about me?’
‘When did you meet her?’
‘Brooke?’
‘Who else? Was it love at first sight, or what?’
He paused. ‘I’ve known Brooke a long time,’ he said quietly and with great reluctance. This wasn’t something he wanted to discuss, least of all with Roberta.
‘Ah, an old flame.’ Roberta couldn’t quite hide the acidity in her tone.
‘It’s not like that. She was a friend, that’s all. I knew her back in regiment days. Then she came to work for me at Le Val.’
‘She was in the army?’
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