Gifts

Chapter 28 – Meeting the Family–1

Fiona gives me a tart little smack on the butt then, breaking my reverie and laughing as she hurries over to the jewelry box waiting on my vanity. I give her a weird look and cover my ass with my hands. “What is with people today,” I murmur.

She laughs again as she comes over to me, standing behind me so that she can hook the diamond solitaire around my neck on its slim silver chain.

“You got the ring?” she asks, smacking her gum.

“Oh, yeah,” I murmur, walking swiftly over to my bedside drawer and pulling it open. I reach towards the back, fishing it out and pushing it swiftly onto my left hand.

When I look at Fiona, she’s crossing her arms and shaking her head at me.

“A million–dollar diamond,” she says, “and you shove it in your bedside drawer?”

“Um,” I say, biting my lip in response. I hadn’t even thought about it. I look around, wondering where else I should have put

it

“Nevermind,” she says, laughing at me more.

“Fiona,” I say, taking in her vintage Juicy velour sweatsuit. “Won’t you please come? I’ll feel so much better with you there.”

comfortable here.”

I frown at her, knowing that something’s up. But, she knows more about this world than I do. If she doesn’t want to go, I’m not going to push her.

“Okay,” I say, sighing as I headed for the door.

“Wait wait!” she calls, unzipping a garment bag and revealing a gorgeous mink stole.

“Oh my god,” I say, walking back towards it. “It’s beautiful

“Yeah,” she says, admiring it. “Vintage. You lucky girl.”

to wrap it around

I say, not wanting to touch it. “Is it…like real?

are you,” she scolds, “some kind of tree

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“I feel so bad, thinking about those

These minks died over sixty

hesitate, my eyes taking it in. It is

me before I can say anything, tucking my hands into the little pockets at the bottom

leave them in the closet for another sixty years. Take them out! Let

I head out of the room and down the stairs, brushing my face against the wrap, enjoying the feel of the soft fur against my

halfway down, when I see Kent at the bottom standing with his arms crossed, his feet apart. Staring

the mink close against my chest, pressing my thighs and knees together. I’m abruptly very aware of the shortness of my skirt. I don’t break eye contact though. Instead, I bite my bottom lip hoping – ridiculously – that

swear I hear him growl as his brow lowers, his eyes

you look stunning.” He gives me a big smile and

giving him a little punch on his shoulder. “You look pretty

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Gifts

– Meeting the Family–2

fiancé is. Both of our

the door. “The cars are

On our way to meet my entire family.

we walk into the ballroom at the country club, impressed. This place has a grand, old–fashioned kind of charm, with freshly buffed fine oak floors, brass chandeliers, and sweeping views of the golf greens all along the

with him, merely saying “whiskey, neat,” and surveying the guests. However, Daniel ist more polite, nodding and smiling as he takes two glasses from

a few steps into the room before we are bombarded

this her?” A plump woman says, hurrying over and reaching out a hand to take mine. “Is this our darling lost Fav?”

him down.

Gifts

28 – Meeting the Family–3

“I think I’d like to…visit the

putting a hand on

of us. “I’ll take her,” he says, shaking his head. “You’ve been kind of hovering all

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