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“More so,” Matt answered “They’re both beautiful Ridiculously beautiful I would marry him” His honesty earned him a round of jokes about him in a white dress

He had seconds, then thirds of the salad as he answered their questions about designing for the fabulously wealthy Savannah brought out dishes of liot to tell him about her brief affair with a certain Bond actor

“Let’s just say,” Margot said, eyebrow cocked as she stood to clear the dishes, “he took the Ja very seriously If you knohat I mean”

“Margot,” Savannah groaned, picking up a stack of bowls and taking them into the kitchen

“What does shebetween the adults

“Here,” Matt said, standing up to grab the rest of the dishes before Margot got to them “Let me help”

Margot grabbed his hand and turned it over The blisters and scrapes on his palht of the chandelier “You’re doing enough,” Margot said softly “I don’t knohat demon has possessed—”

He pulled his hands free and grabbed the plates anyway “I’m fine,” he said “Let me make my mother proud and clear the table”

Margot lifted her hands in surrender and sat

“Well, then,” she said, “perhaps we can go back to our ga with just the two of us”

“Sure,” he said, happy at the thought

“No” Katie stood “I won’t play with him” She ran from the room

“Katie!” Margot called after her

“No,” he said, soret? Grief? Probably both “Don’t worry about it I’ve still got a lot of work to do It’s probably best”

Matt grabbed the empty salad bowl and took it into the kitchen There was no dishwasher, and Savannah was filling the sink with bubbles

“I’ll wash, you dry?” she asked