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You stopped,_ she whispered, looking surprised. __his isn__ the place,_ he replied. For a moment her face showed no change of expression. Then, almost as if someone were pulling a shade over her face, horror dawned. It started in her eyes, which grew impossibly round and somehow even more green than usual, then it reached her mouth, her lips parting as a gasp of air rushed in. __ didn__ think,_ she whispered, more to herself than to him. __ know._ He smiled. __ know. I hate it when you think. It always ends badly for me._ __e can__ do this again._ __e certainly can__ do it here._ __o, I mean__ __ou__e spoiling it._ __ut__ __umor me,_ he said, __nd let me believe the afternoon ended without your telling me this will never happen again._ __ut__ He pressed a finger to her lips. __ou__e not humoring me._ __ut__ __on__ I deserve this one little fantasy?_ At last, he broke through. She smiled. __ood,_ he said. __hat__ more like it._ Her lips quivered, then, amazingly, her smile grew. __xcellent,_ he murmured. __ow then, I__ going to leave. And you have only one task while I go. You will stay right here, and you will keep smiling. Because it breaks my heart to see any other expression on your face._ __ou won__ be able to see me,_ she pointed out. He touched her chin. ____l know._ And then, before her expression could change from that enchanting combination of shock and adoration, he left.-Sophie & Benedict