Chapter 84

“But that doesn’t make any sense,” Charles said with more than a touch of bewilderment in his voice. “If you wanted to ask Angela out, then why didn’t you just ask, like she said?”

“Because he didn’t want to risk her saying no,” Ali explained. “No man likes to be rejected.”

“Angela wouldn’t have said no,” Charles said firmly. “Would you, Angela?”

“Absolutely not, Charles,” Angela returned in that seemingly polite but cleverly mocking tone Sebastian knew only too well. “How could I possibly have resisted Sebastian’s charm?”

“I have asked her out before,” Sebastian pointed out through gritted teeth, his temper only just under control.

“Only to family affairs,” she countered. “Not on an intimate, one-on-one basis.”

When she said one-on-one, her eyes met his and Sebastian could have sworn that he glimpsed a glitter of excitement, not mockery, in their depths. No, no, he had to be mistaken. She couldn’t possibly want to sleep with him. OK, so he was ba