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BEN called Hannah on her mobile to arrange a meeting place and half an hour later caught sight of her and Georgie sitting on the grass near the Hyde Park fountain, a pair of ibis coming closer and closer for the crumbs Georgie was tempting them with.

‘Even the animal kingdom isn’t safe from her natural beauty and charm,’

he muttered under his breath as he made his way towards them.

‘Hi, Ben, look what I bought,’ Hannah said, leaping to her feet and showing him her jeans and top inside the boutique bags she had in her possession.

‘Mmm, very nice,’ he said. Swinging his gaze to Georgie, who was still sitting cross-legged on the grass, he asked, ‘What did you get?’

‘Sore feet,’ Georgie said wryly, as she made to get up.

He smiled and offered her a hand, pulling her up so strongly she tumbled forward into his arms.

‘Ooh!’ she said breathlessly, her hands flat against the hard wall of his chest.

‘That’ll teach you to wear those ridiculously high heels all the time,’ he admonished h