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Eva blushed It wasn’t snobbery that contributed to her narrow perspective It was her fao new places, but her father had always found reasons to keep her at home “I’ve been to Brooklyn before,” she mumbled

Twice Both times with Antonio to watch over her

She didn’t say that, though “Just not here You know the Fiorini Group only deals with Manhattan properties”

He stared at her, incredulous “So, what? You’ve never left the city? Seriously?”

“No I have All those times I visited Antonio at school in Boston And I went to boarding schools in Connecticut for twelve years” She frowned “I guessoutside our sphere Dad always had his nose to the grindstone You knoas”

Orelse Maybe that was one of his ways of protecting her

But from what? Or who?

“There’s a big world out there, Eva You should see some of it” They reached the entrance to Prospect Park Jack presented it to her and said, “It’s not ood for a couple hours”

She ss with extra reat”

“Have you ever been roller-skating?”

She froze “Roller-skating?”

He laughed “Yes You can’t go to Prospect and not go skating”

“Oh” The blush on her face deepened Her parents had arranged for her to have a host of expensive lessons over the course of her childhood She’d had eight years of ballet, four years of horsemanship at the Ethel Walker School when she was a preteen, and she could probably hop back on the bench and play a h she hadn’t tickled the ivories in over a decade But skating?

“I’ve never even been on skates,” she confessed

He pressed his lips together “If you’d rather, we can go for a walk instead”