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“I’ll be the official taste tester I’ a team player, as you know” Tony picked up a flute and filled it

“Selfless,” Skyler said

Hope and Skyler stood next to each other, watching as he took a sip

“You were right It’s fine” He sighed, as if suffering “I suppose it ork since we have nothing else” He stuck the glass back under the waterfall

“Want one?” Skyler asked Hope

“No” She needed every advantage she could gather where Rafe was concerned, which oing a glass of one of the best sparkling wines on the planet

Skyler took her first sip and her eyes rolled back She bent her knees in a mock swoon “Oh, there so is a God”

“It’s that good?” Hope asked

“Better than that Orgasmic, even”

“You asm?” Tony asked

“Do not answer him!” Hope snapped

Skylershe had a halo

“Business We’re here for work,” Hope reminded them They’d talked to seventeen candidates and ended up with four who ht millionaire

Tony was on his second chane when the first potential date arrived Destiny Faulks owned a graphic design firetic, and had a brush of purple streaked through her blonde hair Skyler went to say hello while Tony met Charlotte Lewiston, who played with the symphony He led her to the center table where he offered her a glass of chane

Minutes later, Hope welco, the woroup and had already started to earn a reputation as being savvy and bold She was fro to make her own mark on the world

Even though she was deep in conversation, Hope knew the en rushed from the room Her heart rate turned thready and words died in her throat