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Leonie nods exuberantly

I look to Bailey, not sure how to take the blankness on her face Surrendering to a tiny bit of self-doubt, I ask, “Or do you not think it’s the right time to meet your parents?”

Bailey ih “No, not at all They’d love toout for a good meal”

“It’s settled then,” Leonie exclai Declan, you’ll buy everything because you’re rich as sin Your parents can relax and enjoy good food It will be the best time”

My gaze noresinto a focused discussion with Leonie about the menu The two jabber like old friends, and I just settle in, content to watch a new relationship budding before my eyes

If I didn’t think things were getting serious with Bailey before, I can’t deny it any further

This girl may very well be the one

CHAPTER 24

Bailey

Declan and I stand shoulder to shoulder at the sink in the kitchen of his suite at the Blackwood Thanksgivinghi a kitchen

“I still don’t understand e can’t call in housekeeping,” Declan grumbles

I’h it’s easy forsuch a baby”

I’e of drying them after I rinse I run another dish under the spray of water, then hand it to hi in your life?”

“Why would I?” he teases

“It builds character,” I assure him