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“Gianni Lupo?”

“Shhh” She glanced over her shoulder toward the hallway that led to the main part of the house “I don’t want him to know I’m here”

“Is he being interviewed for the head chef position?”

“Yes” Setting the corkscrew aside, she poured us each a glass of ruby red Gamay from Abelard “Tell me you mentioned the position to your sister”

Guilty, I bit the tip of ot”

She stopped pouring and pinned ets this job, you are dead to me”

“I’m sorry,” I said “It’s been a crazy week My mind was all distracted”

“With what?” She picked up her glass and swirled the wine before sticking her nose in it and inhaling

“I don’t know” I slid lass a little closer to me “Work Family”

“Hot gruhbor”

“Hot gru there was no point in lying to her “He caht”

“Oh yeah? What happened this time?” Her brown eyes danced “Did he accidentally take your pants off?”

“No,” I said, like I was offended “He brought me a Frosty”

Her eyebroent up “How did he know you like them?”

“I guess I ht”

“That was thoughtful of hiift,” she said with syrupy sweetness before she took a sip of her wine

“It was an apology, not a gift,” I explained “He felt bad about what he said the other day at the pool”

“He should That was a dick thing to say” Ellie swirled her wine again “But I still think he doth protest tooto play it cool”

“He said he was mad at himself and took it out on me”

“Mad at himself for what?”

“Making aAnd he doesn’t date anyway”

“He announced all those things?”

I shrugged “Kind of”

She nodded shrewdly “More protesting too ht?”

“No,” I said quickly, dropping my eyes to the marble counter “He didn’t kiss me”