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"A," I said, turning the screen to face hie’s shoulder, her fat little fist pressed against her perfect mouth

"Maybe we should send hinized the little twist in his sood "And say they’re fro the picture before tucking ain Hell, I e his job position froht have to let you," he said, and brought the back of my hand to his mouth for a kiss "Maybe then I can sneak you away for a weekend? Someplace we can lock ourselves in our roo on either of us?"

"That sounds pretty close to perfect"

My phone buzzed in h for me to reach for it, unsurprised to find another text fro with a photograph of Anna fast asleep in her crib and several heart-eyed emojis

"This is way too easy," I told Max "But instead of questioning it, I’ht And maybe if you’re lucky, I’ll let you have your ith me on the way home"

"That, Petal, is theI’ve heard all day" Max curved his hand around the back of ly,ahead to what could happen after dinner, where we ht do to ht was absolutely perfect

Max pulled up to the valet at Granduca’s and an attendant reached forthe car and offering a hand to help me out

Mindful of the fact that I was in a dress, I carefully swung round andinto follow him into the restaurant But I couldn’t

What theI alasped when I realized that I was stuck Or to beon ed on the inside door latch of Max’s BMW

"I’et a better look "My dress seeht"

Max kneeled next to me but I waved him off

"No, just one second, let me"

By now the attendant with Max’s keys had realized so, and so had a few of the others "Maybe if you try and slip that piece right there through the latch," one of them said

"No, that will et stuck I’ve got sorab them," said another