1. "I'm an acquired taste, he assured her, displaying one dimple, but addictive."
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2. "I was an intelligence agent for the British government. Agent double-oh-seven? she asked lightly. No, he said in a grave tone, then leaned forward and whispered, Agent sixty-nine."
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3. "He stepped closer to her bookshelves to scan the titles there. Lots of art history books, and several museum catalogs. A few movies: Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, and An Affair to Remember. He grinned. Pussy-Kat was a bit sappy, it seemed."
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4. "Don't worry, Pussy-Kat, everything will be all right."
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5. "Pussy-Kat seemed to have a penchant for shoes, and the ones she'd been wearing yesterday—which appeared to be the same ones on the film—were in a box on the top row. He slipped a pen through an ankle strap and lifted it for a closer look. They were fairly new, the matte leather barely creased at the stress points. The American size ten meant nothing to him, but he could tell it was a large shoe. But then again, Pussy-Kat was a woman of generous proportions—she needed a good foundation to support all that voluptuousness."
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6. "Ah, no boyfriend?" He handed her a yellow and orange plate, his expression surprised. "Not currently," she supplied self-consciously. Not for ages, really, but he didn't need to know. "No aspirations for a family? Little Pussy-Kittens, perhaps?"
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7. "Things will look better in the morning, Pussy-Kat."
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