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A pool, at several hundred feet off the ground!

Whatever was she doing here, having dinner with a man who lived in a world so vastly different from hers?

Acheron had pulled out a chair for her, but so This was just so –

Wickha a tray laden with several fa boxes

Oh!

A startled squeak escaped her, and Acheron’s eyes gleamed at the adorable sound of it Her eyes followed Wickha with every dish the older s Leaf-wrapped rice And when Wickha bao, Acheron swiftly pressed his lips together to contain his sht

“I take it I’ve ht choice?”

Pippi nodded, alht occurred to her, and she glanced at hi too reat a coincidence for Wickha happened to be her favorites, too?

Pippi cleared her throat

Knohat she was planning to ask, Acheron responded with an unrepentant grin, “I had ram”

Oh Okay At least…he hadn’t lied?

Acheron noticed the way she was still frowning “It bothers you?”

“I’ths htful…or manipulative”

Acheron threw his head back with a laugh

“And I really appreciate all this, but…do all your stay-at-home dates normally involve Chinese takeout?”

“Do you want an honest answer?”

“Umm, yes?” Why in the world would anyone want differently?

He nanized as one of the city’s oldest fine dining restaurants, and she wasn’t surprised when he told her the establishment was on call to provide him with catered dinners at home