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nhouse. We walked through the arched foyer without an appointment, and the staff greete

draped his jacket over an armchair, and opened the

ed what you'd l

t. "I'm not very hun

server. "Two orders of the roasted ten

t, the room fell in

tablecloth. "Do you think I'm making a mis

s no idea how to manage his assets. A man who threatens his most cap

off guard. There was no pity

"Go to that dinner and apologize

smoothly. "Our agreement gives me no

chest. Of course. We were partners in a

elain plates on the table. The roaste

sion in my hands made the silver

eached across the table, took my plate, and swapped it with h

"you do not attend functions you despise, and you do not apologize to

arl had told me to smooth things over with my father, to avoid making scenes. Yet here was a man

bag, switched it on, and

tly. "Get in a cab and he

going to the Plaza tonight, and I will not be cleaning up after Molly ever again. If you th

ields! Don'

d button and bl

t. The heavy knot in my s

ss the table, a quiet trace o

dinner, Mr

savory. When I met Damian's gaze, the coldness of the day seemed to f