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“They will be if they’re like you”

Emily sed hard

Why had she put off thisby omission wasn’t a lie…

Was it?

Besides, the truth wasn’t so awful So what if her brothers were rich, not just average working guys? If her father was a four-star general? If she’d been raised in luxury in as, in effect, a private kingdom?

So what if he believed she was the one person in his life who’d always told him the truth?

Her heart lodged in her throat

“Marco,” she said quickly “Cancel yourCan you do that? Come upstairs with me instead and—”

His cell phone beeped A text e He pulled it from his pocket and read it

Hell

Tonight, of all nights, when he wanted to be alone with his Emilia…

“What’s the matter?”

He looked up “Nothing Just a text from an old pal He’s in New York with his wife An unexpected layover Mechanical troubles with their plane He thought it would be nice if we got together for dinner”

Eo ahead Take theyou had planned and then ”

“I have a better idea I’ll run my, ah, my errand And I’ll phone my friend and tell him and his wife to come to my place—to our place, cara I want you to o out for dinner or order in How does that sound?”