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perverts and deviants. The public needs to know about this stuff. And what about the report I did on body image and the way women were perceived differently depending on their body shape?’
    Cash breathed in through his nose, flaring his nostrils slightly. Faith watched him, then watched the road, then turned back to him, determined to get an answer from him.
    ‘Was that the one where you were naked?’
    ‘Where I...? What?’ Faith turned just in time to veer away from a woman crossing the street with her massive Alsatian. ‘Yes. But that wasn’t the point.’
    She didn’t turn back to him. She could feel him grinning at her.
    ‘I got naked to show women they had nothing to be ashamed of about their bodies. And I wasn’t completely naked—my intimate parts were covered in leaves.’
    ‘Your “intimate parts”?’
    ‘Yes. My intimate parts. You know—the ones you don’t show people.’
    ‘I enjoy showing my intimate parts to people.’
    Faith pushed the mental image of Cash’s ‘intimate parts’ out of her mind. Professional. Sparkling. Insightful. That was what she was supposed to be.
    ‘I’m sure you do, but I like to keep my intimate parts private. I only show them to a selected few.’
    ‘Really?’ Faith still wasn’t watching Cash, but had her eyes intent on the twisting turns of the narrow Sydney streets. But she could feel him prop his elbow up on the console and move a little closer. He smelled of the beach and of something she somehow knew was just him. ‘How many “selected few” have been privy to a viewing of your “intimate parts”, Faith?’
    ‘How many?’
    ‘Yes. How many?’
    ‘As in...as in...a number?’ she stuttered. This conversation was definitely not professional.
    ‘Yes. A number.’
    His breath was warm against her shoulder. She could feel it through the thin T-shirt she was wearing. Her skin prickled at the feel of it. His lips must be close to her skin if she could feel his breath. His tongue would only have to reach out a little to lick her skin...
    Faith’s body throbbed. Her pulse hummed. Her foot slid a little further down on the accelerator. Professional.
    ‘I don’t think my number is relevant.’
    ‘I think it’s very relevant. You are the self-confessed sexpert around here. I’d like to know how much of an expert you are. I’d like to know about your personal experience with sex.’
    Faith’s tongue lay dry in her mouth. Her personal experience?
    ‘I’ve had enough to know what I’m doing.’
    ‘Is that right?’
    The air was now stifling. Faith lifted a hand off the steering wheel to pump the old rolling handle of the window to get it down. She needed air. Fast.
    ‘That’s interesting. Because I’d like to know how much is “enough”? Was it just the one partner? Or are we talking double figures?’
    Faith stayed silent as the air finally rushed in the window. It was humid and sticky but it was air and the blood rushing through her head eased. A little.
    ‘Triple figures?’
    ‘No!’ Faith’s emphatic answer surprised even her. ‘No. And I’d rather not discuss that with you.’
    ‘Why not?’
    ‘Because you’re my boss and it’s not...professional.’
    ‘Forget about that.’ He waved a hand out of the window. ‘The sun is shining, it’s a beautiful day and right now I’m not your boss. We’re just two people going for a drive. Enjoying each other’s company. Just talking.’
    The vinyl seats were sticking. Red was a big car but still Cash seemed too close to her. He took up too much space and too much air with his questions and his deep voice with its gravelly assurances. But she knew what he was doing—trying to get something out of her. Trying to get her to reveal something she didn’t want to. She had been working as a journalist long enough to know those tricks when she heard them.
    ‘My sex life is none of your business.’
    ‘I disagree. Your sex life is everyone’s business. Especially when you’ve made a