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Annabelle waited aabout the note?”

He had absolutely no idea, but he knew that Annabelle was already stressed “I don’t think ere loud enough for her to hear us through the door” He ers over her cheek “Just give ive you my undivided attention tomorrow”

She stepped closer “Does that mean no laptop?”

He readily nodded, which was quite odd for hi over the keyboard typing code or answering eht, his hands felt ht here

“No laptop” He leaned forward and pressed a quick kiss to her lips

When he pulled back, her eyes were still closed They fluttered open The confusion about why he’d pulled away so quickly was reflected in them

“There will be more of that later” He had no doubts “But first you need to change It wouldn’t do for Cinderella to be late to the ball”

“When you put it that way, you have a deal” She lifted up on her tiptoes and pressed a kiss to his lips

Before he could pull her close again, she stepped out of his reach A naughty smile lit up her face “We have a ball to attend”

He sighed Suddenly the ball didn’t sound like that great an idea, but Annabelle was already out the door He shook his head This evening was going to be far ined Because there wasto admit

And yet this evening was going to be a once-in-a-lifeti and a duke And Grayson would have the

The answer could wait

Now that the moment of truth was alht thing What if she learned so bad about her mother?

Annabelle’s stootten herself mixed up in? Did her father secretly know? What if all this tiht sent a chill down Annabelle’s spine