”She did not reply. I could see her type messages but she was not sending. Was she thinking something? I was clear in my mind to make a serious effo...t to make her invite me for dinner.She replied – “I love eating outside. Anyway, what time you will reach.”I replied – “Train will reach by 10.30 and I can reach home by 11.30.”She said – “That will be too late.”I replied – “Yes there will not be any good hotels also to eat. I may have to sleep hungry.”She replied – “Very funny. Finding excuses “I. He took her hand, as if to shake it. ‘Then we’re agreed on that,’ he said, and Dean held her hand in mid-shake for a moment, looking deeply into her emerald eyes. ‘I think that we can make it right when we get together.’ He watched the blush spread beneath her freckles on her pale complexion, down beneath her sweater, and then felt her hand warming in his. ‘Yes,’ she murmured, shifting to a quiet tone. It was a ‘yes’ to his surface question about his expense report, and as they both knew now,. "When I felt that Jeff was threatened, I just lost it. I won't say I'm sorry I tried to protect him. But I am sorry things got that bad. I respected you at your company, and you were good to us. I don't want to mess things up between you and Jeff. Please, let's try to start this thing over again," she finished, looked up into his face, tears about to spill from her eyes.Into the total quiet that had descended on the busy kitchen, Wainwright said, "Nothing to forgive. I acted like a fool. I was. Jack ... how can you ...' and she swayed uneasily on her feet.'That is to be the next item in the programme, my dear!' I said, enjoying her distress. 'There is only one detail that remains to be settled first, and that is, will you undress yourself quietly if I set you loose, or must I drag your clothes off you? I don't wish to influence your decision, and I know what queer ideas girls have about taking off their clothes in the presence of a man; I will leave the decision to you, only to say.