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with a grin twitching at her lips, refusing to be contained. “What?”
    “Ye’re too serious, love. Might have to make it my mission to see ye lighten up and start living yer life to its fullest. Could be the perfect way to pay ye back.” Her eyebrows flicked up with mischief and humor.
    “I like my life just the way it is, thank ye very much.” He had to laugh, finding it difficult to stay annoyed when she was in such a good mood. “Ye do understand that if I wanted my life to be any different, then I’d have changed it, aye?”
    “See…already that’s so much better. Ye’ve got a great smile, love. Can’t go blaming a girl for wanting to see it.” She took a long draw from her pint and then turned those ice blue eyes on him, her gaze locked on his. “And I like ye, Conall. A lot. Question is, what are ye going to do about it?”
    Bloody hell. He shook his head, another smile on his lips despite himself. “Are ye always this forward?”
    “I can be when I find someone I connect with. It doesn’t happen often, mind ye, but if it does, I’m not one to let things pass me by. We only get to live this life once, so we might as well make the best of it.” She gave him another one of her perky smiles before taking another sip of her pint. “I can be patient if ye need more time, though.”
    He’d love to take her up on her offer, but…he couldn’t. Women like Maggie were dangerous. Addictive. And he’d gotten burned bad enough to know he should stay away. Not to mention they were working together, and would be for several more months. Things could get uncomfortable if it all went bad. “I’d be a fool to turn ye down, lass. Yet I could do with a wee bit more time, if ye’re offering.”
    She looked up at him through thick lashes, the corners of her kissable lips turning up in a smile. “I can live with that, though I’ll tell ye now, I’m not known for my patience.”
    “I ne’er would’ve guessed it.”

Chapter Five
     
    Maggie had been running cables and wiring all day long-which also meant she’d been dealing with Andrew. Under normal circumstances, she knew Andrew would likely leave most of the work he’d been doing to his crew, but that wouldn’t afford him enough opportunity to try to wear her down. She’d spent the day trying to be civil with the man, but her patience was wearing thin.
    “Come on, Maggie. It’s getting late and you’ve got to eat. Let me buy you dinner.” Andrew leaned against the worktable, his arms crossed in front of his chest and his long legs stretched out in front of him, a flirty smile on his lips.
    “I’ve got work I need to wrap up after I finish with the wiring, and already have dinner plans.” She barely looked up at him, and instead concentrated on her connections, her movements tense as annoyance set in. “If ye don’t mind, I need to focus on this so I can get out of here.”
    “Dinner with…what’s his name? Conall, right?” Andrew looked smug when she threw a glare in his direction. “You don’t really think I believe the two of you are together, do you?”
    She stood, her jaw clenched and her muscles coiled, her eyes locked on his, tired of being polite. “Frankly, I don’t give a shite what ye believe. I’m not interested in dinner or a pint with ye. Not now. Not ever. Now if ye don’t mind, I’d like to finish up without having to make up yet another excuse to avoid yer company.”
    His hand shot out and grabbed her by the arm, stepping towards her, his words forced past a clenched jaw. “Who the hell do you think you are, speaking to me like that?”
    “I’m the person who’s going to make ye sorry if ye don’t let go of my arm.” He was really pissing her off. No more being nice-even if she had to work with him. He’d just crossed the line.
    He let go of her arm, looking stunned, as if realizing what he’d just done. “I’m so sorry…I don’t know what came over me.”
    “Maggie…are ye in here?” Conall was