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“What?” He sounded truly surprised “I thought you would have done so first thing”

“I just walked in the door fro her feet up under her on the sofa

“Busy day?”

“I work in the eency department at Manhattan Mercy Every day is a busy day”

“Touché”

“Speaking of which, are you related to my boss?” She’d al why she wanted to know She could have just said she lived next door to Jude, but she’d been afraid Charles s she didn’t want seen

There was a moment of silence, then Jude said, “He’s my cousin”

Jude hadn’t asked who she meant, which meant he’d already made the connection Of course he had He’d seen her at the hospital where his family was practically royalty

“I thought you must be related Your eye color is so siht have helped your cause to mention your relationship to Charles I’d be hard-pressed to name a man I admire more”

There was another brief silence, then, rather than take advantage of the opening she’d given hinored her compliments about his cousin and said, “Try on your dress, Sarah”

She frowned at her phone

“Why are you changing the subject? I adore Charles If I had family of the caliber of Charles Davenport I’d make sure the whole world kneere related”

“Yeah, well, when you’re a Davenport the whole world tends to know a lot about you, whether you want thee and had taken on a dark one

Apparently, Jude did not want to discuss his fa Not the kind that shared about their family and met each other’s families and were invited to family functions

Well, that was good to know Helped her keep things in perspective