““You two seem to have become fast friends," Linley remarked. "It's my way with women," Grant said. "They can't resist my charm." Linley's mouth quirked. "Charm? I've never suspected you of having any." They were both surprised to hear Vivien's feeble scratch of voice join in the conversation. "That's because... you're not a woman." Grant stared at her with an unwilling smile. Half dead, she might be, but the instinct to flirt had not left her. And God help him, he was far from immune. "Rallying to my defense, are you?" He reached down to stroke the curve of her cheek with his fingertip. "I'll have to thank you later.””
