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Double Deception
Ollie looked around the back of the chair and saw two people silhouetted against the light from the window. As he drew closer to them, he realized it was Mr. Le Blanc and his daughter. He remembered her being standoffish when they were there before. His brother, Lowell, had said she wasn’t that way at all, but that’s how she was around him.
“Look who’s here.” Anna nodded toward the couple.
“Mr. Le Blanc.” Ollie spoke to the man while he set the chair near the window; then he glanced toward the woman. “Miss Le Blanc.”
For an instant it seemed to Ollie as if she winced. But why would she wince when he spoke to her? Then her eyes lighted up with such a dazzling smile that it almost took his breath away. The warmth in that look touched something deep inside him. . . .
He must have misunderstood when he met her before. How could he have ever thought this exquisite creature was standoffish?
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