To be perfectly honest, I could have handled everything with my banker and the estate agents by phone or e-mail. There was no real need to travel down here to London, but…’ Those intent blue eyes could make a girl think she was drowning, Sara thought. ‘But you just couldn’t resist the desire to feast your eyes on my magnificent self.’ ‘No, that isn’t all there is to it. And it’s rude to draw attention to yourself like that. Makes you sound egotistic. Which, of course, you are.’ James glanced away but she could see that he wanted to smile and that little glimpse of humour made her heart contract. ‘So I am rude, egotistic…I cannot imagine why you would make a trip to London to communicate with someone with those personality traits.’ ‘I really did want to talk to you, James. I really did think that it would have been crazy to just cease communication completely when we’re going to inevitably keep bumping into one another. And you may be rude and egotistic but you’re also interesting and fairly amusing.’ ‘Fairly amusing.
