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CHAPTER 12
Gloriana had wanted to put Griffin in his place, but instead, he threw his head back and laughed… the most delightfully masculine sound she’s ever heard. She could see Emeline and Kostas looking perplexed, and then Griffin smiled at her.
“That’s just who I am,” Griffin said, picking up his wine glass and holding her gaze as he stroked his thumb over the stem.
“I take it that was an in-joke?” Emeline offered, jolting Gloriana’s attention away from Griffin.
“I don’t know…” Gloriana sniffed. “I didn’t find it funny at all.”
“Well, are you seeing someone or not, Glory?”
“No,” she sighed, and then, feeling observed by Griffin’s skeptical gaze, added, “no one important, anyway.”
‘Let him make of that what he would!&rs
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