Chapter 156 No Mistake

• . She was twenty-eight years old and had met hundreds of men. Probably thousands. Not one of them had scrambled her insides like this. Maybe she was suffering sunstroke and just didn’t know it. Come to think of it, she did feel slightly dizzy. And very hot. Hot all over. If she just sat quietly for a minute or two, she’d be fine.
• She slid her shoulder-bag off and propped it against the leg of the chair, then set her hat on her lap and focused on the sunflower. By the time Matt King reached his chair and settled himself to chat with her, she’d be ready to look at him and act normally.
• All she needed from him was the gold pass for the bus tours and the road maps which his assistant had helpfully marked. It shouldn’t take hardly any time at all. A bit of polite to-and-fro and she’d be out of here.