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‘No.’
‘Oh...I thought you did.’
‘You looked like you were miles away,’ he said.
She tried to keep her features blank. ‘Did I?’
‘Are you a dreamer, Miss Archer?’
Lily would have laughed if she could remember how to do it. She had long ago given up dreaming for things that could never be hers. She was more or less resigned to the bitter reality that she could not turn back the clock and make a better choice this time around. ‘No.’
He continued to hold her gaze, watching...watching. She forced herself to keep still, to not fidget or shift in her seat. But the tension was making her neck and shoulders ache and she could feel a headache starting at the back of her eyes. If she wasn’t careful it would turn into a migraine and she would be even more vulnerable than she was now.
Lily put her napkin on the table. ‘Will you excuse me?’ She pushed back her chair. ‘I need to use the bathroom.’
He gave a formal nod without once disconnecting his gaze from hers. ‘Be my guest.’
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