Chapter 10

Caroline frowned even as she sat back to allow the barmaid to place their plates of food on the table. A young and pretty barmaid, who could no more take her eyes off Nicholas, as she laid out their knives and forks, than the woman in the square had a few minutes ago.

“Thanks.” Nicholas gave the young girl the same lazy grin that had so enthralled the woman in the square earlier.

Caroline shot him a scathing glance as that grin once again caused a slightly flustered response, but in the young barmaid this time. Really, this man ought to come with a ‘danger’ label attached!

“What?” he prompted irritably, once he and Caroline were alone again and he looked up to see her disgusted expression.

Caroline gave a slight shake of her head. “Just deploring my own gender for their obvious gullibility to a sexy smile!”

He raised speculative brows. “So you think I have a sexy smile?”

She frowned her irritation. “I didn’t say that—”

“Yeah, you did.”