“If I said you had a beautiful body,” drawled out Alain, resting his elbows on the bar beside her, “would you file a restraining order?” Despite her profound case of the existential floops, this drew a laugh from her. “You must be tired. Because you were running round a ballroom all day.” “It’s handy I have my library card because I’m a big supporter of state-sponsored literacy programmes.” “For the record,” she said, “I can do this all night.”
