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I rolled my eyes “The pancakes at le Morceau D’ambre are overrated”

“Don’t tell me that! I’ve already made the reservation”

“You should have asked”

“Well, I didn’t because I wanted it to be a surprise So, you are just going to have to sit there and eat theetting off the interstate

“And here I thought ere going to actually get serious work done thisout at my city

On the main streets were numerous militarized police, with their armored cars on what seemed like every other corner Calliope drastically reduced her speed, now following the road laws But other than that, she pretended as if she did not see them This was not the tih the fact that she brought it up in the way she had meant she wanted dates This was new

“And we are here with four atti,” she said in front of the restaurant

The valet came to my door

“What is step two of this plan?” I asked

“Eat, of course Co out of the car

When I stepped out, the valet’s eyes widened as he looked at me with confusion As if ere the very last people in the world he ever expected to see Calliope walked around the car, linking her elboith mine

“Just let it sit there I’ve already spoken to the owner,” she told him

That feeling that soht as he nodded, nearly tripping over himself as he went to the back

I did not say anything as alked inside the restaurant only to see—every fucking other rich and powerful Irish fast themselves That was until they noticed us Then, as if the devil himself had slit their throats, they sat in their seats like frozen cadavers Which was perplexing to me for several reasons One, I was the wealthiest and most powerful Irish family of them all, so ere they shocked to see in with, when most of them hated each other? Three, didn’t they kno to fakes uilty of so?

I glanced over at the only person who could clearto the red-haired hostess