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“I sense judgment”

“Froed you to s his head at uess he’s grounded in some aspects”

“Are you finished with your questions? Because we’ve been parked out here for at least five minutes I’m sure the butler has told them we’ve arrived”

He didn’t wait for me to answer before he opened the door, took my hand, and pulled me out

The first thing I noticed was just how big the mansion was and how it lookedelse The front of it appeared to beI noticed was it didn’t see, based on how antly than I was

“This is just a dinner?”

“In the Darcy fa my hand as we entered inside

This was a bad idea

This was a very bad idea

I should have run away

But I held on to his hand and followed hiht into the lion’s den, or the backyard It felt like it stretched on for acres There was a large pool close to the house, where a private orchestra played It was exactly what you’d expect a rich people’s dinner to be Servers going about with trays of chaether in one corner of the pool, single women in another, while thethemselves

“An hour tops and then we make our escape,” Theo whispered

I leaned in “I’ll hold you to it”

“Theodore!” a woreen dress shi in the backyard as she came up to Theo with her arms extended

“Hi, Mo and kissed both her cheeks