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comes into the shop pretty often.”
    He didn’t react, but his fingers loosened on the stem of the wineglass. “Does he own the building?”
    “No, I don’t think so. He just said he had connections.”
    “That was nice of him to help you.”
    “Well, I agreed to cater an event with six hundred people…and I’m still uncertain if I’m going to pull it off.”
    “You’ll be fine.” He said it without hesitation.
    “Did you hear what I said?” I finally looked at him, and I wished I hadn’t. His handsome face was hypnotizing. I assumed it would have no effect on me, but it did. “Six hundred. That’s a shitload of people.”
    “But it’s you,” he said simply. “And you’ll pull it off.”
    It irritated me that he spoke of me like he knew me. Two years was a long time, and I’d changed a lot. He had no right to assume I was the same person. I turned away again because I was disconcerted. The bitterness rose in my heart from being close to him, but then the attraction kindled whenever I looked at him. It was giving me whiplash.
    “Do you like Manhattan?” Hawke just wouldn’t leave me alone.
    “It’s everything I thought it would be.” The traffic was a bitch and the bums were fearless, but the food was fantastic and the people were interesting.
    “Give me more than that.”
    “I love it.” I swore to Marie and Axel that I wouldn’t have a problem with Hawke, but now I realized how premature my response was. But then again, I didn’t expect him to talk to me. I thought we would say a quick and awkward hello and that would be the end of it. “Do you?”
    “No complaints.”
    “Give me more than that.”
    That old smile stretched his lips. “I like the nighttime more than the daylight, because the city is just so beautiful from my window. I like ordering Chinese food at three in the morning on a Tuesday. I like finding new places to eat on the street I’ve been at for months. Is that enough?”
    It was too much, actually . “Yes.” I grabbed my drink and stood up. “I’m going to mingle. I’ll see you around.” I didn’t give him a chance to say a word before I walked away and found a chair beside Yaya.
    Yaya’s eyes were glued to my brother. “So beautiful, aren’t they?”
    “They are.” My body relaxed now that I was away from Hawke. “They’ll have really cute kids.”
    “Awe…” She clutched her chest in emotion. “They’ll be little angels.”
    “Not if they behave like Axel.”
    Yaya chuckled. “Axel has grown so much. Marie is so good for him. I’m glad he found her.”
    “And I’m glad she puts up with him.”
    “But he’s so sweet to her now…it’s so nice to see.”
              I drank my wine and nodded. Even though Hawke was on the other side of the rooftop, I could feel his stare. I didn’t need to look to see if I was right. His sight burned into my skin and set it on fire.
    “You doing okay?”
    “More than okay. My brother is finally a grown up.”
    Yaya dropped her smile. “You know what I mean, dear.”
    “Everything is great with Hawke,” I said without looking at her. “We’re friendly.”
    “Good. I saw you two talking.”
    “Who says you can’t go from lovers to friends?” Everyone. Everyone said that .
    “That’s great,” she said. “I’m sure Marie was worried about it.”
    “She worries over a lot of things…”
    ***
    The evening finally ended around one in the morning. People stumbled from the rooftop because of all the wine they had. A few people stayed behind to help clean up, and I was irritated when Hawke was one of them.
    Ugh, just go away.
    “Let’s stay and help.” Marie could barely stand on her feet. She kept wobbling, and sometime she would bend her ankle in a dangerous way because of her heels.
    “Time for bed, baby.” Axel wrapped his jacket around her then scooped her into his arms. He walked to me, carrying Marie like she was weightless. “I would offer to help but my lady is out of