time, Eliana reached the entr

down, Connor's striking face came into view. That familiar teasing smile

l-gray overcoat. He pushed open the door and glance

arwood scent surrounded her almost immediately, and heat crept i

ight back to that night. She remembered

gs between them grew more intense, the cedarwoo

her subtle retreat or noticed

ned as he gestured for

road while the windshield wipers moved

had started

ting far more wet weathe

aking the silence either. Before long, the stilln

her and slowly looked he

I be worried you're planning to charm him and become

r an equally deliberate once-over. "If that's what you

went

sly. "I'm not meeting your father as the girl who used to live next door to your maternal grandmoth

e less about how you're dressed. He just wants to see the woman who somehow got his son married without

im in advance. I may not be formidable, but appare

an easy grin. "I wouldn't forget something that im

reath and decided it wa

onnor, she might lose her temper a

up outside the VIP entrance of

e the car with a black umbrella, watching

na turned her attention t

everal people appeared from

n his fifties walked at

nor always seemed casual and unbothered, this man carried the natural authority o

ort distance behind him

rp gaze found Connor. A second later, he looked tow

aze before offering a po

lling him Mr. Harrison? We're legally married now. Don't

with her elbow, silently w

his attention on Eliana before asking in a meas

h made it impossible for Eliana

," she replie

efore turning away and heading to

pot and wondered how badly th

viously didn't seem impressed with her. If he had been,

ll lingering in his expression. "What hap

w at him. "I was just noticing how much more imposing he is

thought he'd

ght, when Eliana had clung to his shoulde

ak after getting exactly w

. He swallowed his annoyance and decided he'd wait until later that nig

he car, they headed straig

ce asked only after all three of them had settled

nnor answered wit

liana, though his next question was still directed

at the bar, she grabbed me first. Then she wouldn't stop hugging and kissing me. You know what kind of person I am. How co

ace, and she immediately sh

elievably m

ly, he knew his son well enough not to bel

d toward Eliana and waited

was drunk that night, but marrying him is

tely turned to

veral seconds, almost as though he wer

ly married, so my approval doesn't change much now. I own several proper

ct was to refuse. "That's

wouldn't accept an argument. "You're part of the Harrison family now, so you should have a proper h

gain, but after a moment,

his seat and turned to Connor. "Once you've wrapped things up her

eft, uneasiness st

er marriage to Connor quiet. Anyone connected to the Harrison f

er, claim the shares her grandmother had left her, and e