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Aaaaand I told him, yes!”
    Dane’s jaw drops and when he recovers he tries to ask, ‘when’ but all that comes out is a ‘whe’ sound.
    “It’s just for five days, Dane. Don’t be mad. My father doesn’t speak a word of Spanish.”
    He stares, thunderstruck. “I didn’t know you spoke Spanish.”
    She gives him a perky grin. “I do, Papacito! ”
    His look of dismay softens. He chuckles and gives her a heated gaze. “Mm, that’s kind of hot. Spanish. Wow.”
    Charlotte rests her elbow on the table and gives a feminine growl. “There’s more where that came from big boy.”
    He growls back and then smiles. Here we go. This is the thing that Dane and Charlotte do that make me think there’s actually a snowball’s chance in hell that they’ll last.
    “I’m going to miss my Daddy Dane,” Charlotte coos.
    Ugh. I steal a look at Miranda who looks as appalled as I feel.
    “Well you better hurry back, Chiquita, or I’m going to be muy angry,” Dane says.
    Can you believe this guy works for the District Attorney? From what I’ve heard, he’s actually brilliant in the courtroom, but when he acts like this I wonder if he’s as smart as people claim.
    Miranda clears her throat. “I have things to do. I need to finish with details for two galas before the wedding. Charlotte, talk with Leah before you run off to save the world. Make sure everything is in place. I need her help with the Calvert Museum Benefit. If she is still tied up with wedding details I might as well cancel. I couldn’t possibly manage on my own.”
    “You bet,” Charlotte says in a way that tells me that wedding details are the last thing on her mind.
    Miranda takes the almost empty chardonnay bottle and slinks out of the room. Charlotte and Dane are flirting with each other from across the table. Moments later they’re out the door. I’m assuming they’re going either to his apartment or hers to spend a little time together before she leaves. They are both a little bit of a mess, but one thing’s for sure, they’re crazy about each other.
    The idea that Miranda has added things to my ever-expanding to-do list makes me wilt a little. She’s not exactly the evil stepmother. She’s not abusing me or anything terrible. I’m certainly no Cinderella.
    Now that I’m alone I pull out my phone and read the text from Riley. His words make me shiver. They’re intense and send a shot of desire through my body.
    Back out of dinner and I’m coming for you.

Chapter Three
    Leah
    I stand at the back of my family’s property at the little service entrance that’s for the help… lawn care guys or whatever. This is where I’ve come to wait for the cab. He’s prompt. Thank goodness. I called him a half hour ago because Miranda said she needed to borrow my car. Hers had mud on the bumper. Lewis, has the night off from driving, so I had to call a cab company and pray they’d come through for me.
    I get in and give the driver the address of the restaurant. This stealth stuff is not really my bag. Miranda didn’t leave for her meeting until six thirty and I couldn’t get ready until she was gone. I could have just told her I was leaving and if she didn’t like it she could go to hell, but she controls the purse strings. I have to stay on her good side so she’ll pay for my last semester of school. Otherwise, I’m on my own and an unfinished art history degree won’t exactly wow people at job interviews.
    My phone buzzes. Do I need 2 come get you Rapunzel?
    No. On my way. In a cab.
    I wait for a response but he doesn’t text me back. The cab cruises through the leafy neighborhood and soon we’re on the highway heading downtown. This is the first time I’ve gotten dressed up to go out on my own in ages. Since I came home from school all I did was take care of Dad or help Miranda with her pet projects. I used to go out with friends when I was in school. I can hardly imagine going bar-hopping with them anymore.
    In the last year, I fell