Chapter 57

She liked Dan on sight, and she turned to smile at him shyly now. 'You did?’ she grimaced. 'I-What did you think of it? No, strike that question,' she frowned.

'That was unfair of me.'

'I liked it,' he told her cheerfully. 'Billy reminded me of a dog I had when I was a kid.'

'Me too! I mean he was a dog I had when I was a child,' she blushed.

'I guessed that,' he nodded. 'Do you happen to have a photograph of him?'

Jasmine frowned. 'Why?' she asked in a puzzled voice.

'You have the final okay on any illustrations I do, right?'

Jasmine had taken an interest in the contract she was to sign with the publishing company, and had taken it to a lawyer to be checked over first. The stipulation about the illustrations had been only one of the changes the lawyer had advised. When Jasmine had seen some of the others she was sure that James Colnbrook couldn't agree to any of them. He had agreed to them all.

'Yes,' she confirmed, still puzz