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Lydia laid her head on my shoulder “Hayden, can I be honest a moment?”

“Of course I hope you aren’t some possessive abuser behind closed doors”

“Baby, you came after me a couple of times now If I was a woman abuser, I’m sure I would have hit you by now I doubt abusers can control thes and turn out to be crazy I just want to get to know the wo I want us to talk like this all the time over ice cream, dinner, snacks whatever What about you? I already know you beatelse I need to worry about?”

Lydia slapped“No, Hayden”

“On a serious note I need you toto find out who you are Have lunch with me on Monday then I will introduce you two”

“Sure”

“Baby, I must warn you She’s a pit bull in a skirt Keep the conversation light and airy I will get you out of there fast I just want you both to meet face to face”

“Ok” She looped her ar down the street

“Why does your family own a farm?”

“Our farrandfather likes to knohere his family’s food comes from We all help out with the farm every year We have a staff who handles the day to day routines, but we fly down for a week every two months and help The farrandfather’s farm Ben’s restaurant is the only company that’s supplied food”

“That’s smart”

“When we get home, I’ll send my chef to your fathers to prepare meals for him”

“Hayden, I can’t let you do that”

Yes, you can We are about to be family In this family, we look out for each other”

“Hmm, I don’t know”

“I’ll give you some time” I winked

Our last tour of the day was Windsor Castle Before dinner we rode the London Eye Ferris wheel over- looking London I arranged for us to ride a private capsule We drank cha viehile the sun was setting Lydia loved the views of Big Ben fro fros lit up as the sky darkened I loved holdingin the views “I’ a Flat for us here”

“I would like that I love it here”