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“Yes,” he said, clenching his teeth tight, “it is”

You can’t have ne You’ll make a total ass of yourself

She’d already rolled her ankle thile walking around the lavishly decorated ballrooht thanks to her three-inch heels

She wasn’t exactlythe best appearance as Dante’s brand-new fiancée

But this had all happened so fast she hadn’t had time to adjust And that was one of the htly necessary

The other was that moment in the car, just before they’d arrived, when Dante’s dark eyes had been focused on herher skin,her heart race When she’d looked like a total fool, drooling over a htest interest in her

Yeah, there was that

“Enjoying yourself, cara ne He offered her one, and she took it, in spite of herself

“I’m not really sure,” she said

“You aren’t sure?”

“No I mean, I don’t know anyone here but you so I’ and no one is really talking to me and…my cheeks hurt”

“Your cheeks?”

“Fro”

“Ah” He frowned “I must confess ine the assumption has now been made about you”

“What are they here for?” she asked The obvious, she i Dante later

“For the publicity,” he said, uprooting her previous assu next to , published in various places online and in print by to”

“So, woet their picture in the paper?”

“I’m not really vain, but I don’t think that’s the only reason”