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cancel the champagne. I want a Coke."
"Me, too!" Adrienne called as the waiter quickly left, exasperated.
Graydon looked at Adrienne, shook his head, and grinned. "You really are too much," he said.
"You know, Graydon, I really thought I knew you," Adrienne said. "That you were the biggest player around. But you know what? I think underneath all the loud game, there's a really nice guy who just wants to be normal."
"What's normal?" Graydon asked, laughing.
"Well, Gray, if you don't know, it's too late for you," Adrienne teased. "But I can tell you this: normal isn't a three-hundred-dollar bottle of champagne on a date with a girl who works as a nanny and goes to a public school."
"You're more than that, Adrienne," Graydon said.
"Am I?" Adrienne asked. "I need you to be straight with me." She looked him in the eye."What are we doing? Where is this going?"
Graydon reached across the table and took both of Adrienne's hands in his. His hands felt strong and warm.
"I'd like it to go further," he said.
"I'm not sure your idea of further is where I want to go," Adrienne said quietly.
Graydon released her hands and leaned back in his chair. He cocked his head as if he were studying her. "Sounds like my reputation has preceded me," he said.
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Adrienne shrugged. "People talk."
"People lie!" Graydon said, suddenly angry.
"Hey, hey!" Adrienne said, startled by his reaction. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, I just heard--"
"I know what you heard," Graydon said bitterly."You heard that I cheated on every girl I ever dated.You heard that Serena Bedford tried to kill herself after we broke up. You heard that I flew Lydia Stetson to Bermuda to be with me but then got her out of the way by shipping her off to Hilton Head so I could sleep with Jane Tauber. . . ." His voice trailed off, and he glared down at the table.
"It was Santa Fe," Adrienne said."I heard you shipped Lydia to Santa Fe.You really need to keep better track of your scandals."
Graydon's eyes flicked up and searched her face.When he realized that she was joking, his eyes crinkled and the two of them burst into outrageous laughter.
"Your hamburgers," the waiter announced with disgust.
"Thank you," Graydon said, choking as he tried to catch his breath.
Adrienne delicately touched the napkin to her eye. She laughed so hard, her eyes actually welled up with tears. She hoped she hadn't smeared her mascara.
When the waiter left the table, Graydon grew serious again. "Adrienne, I'm not going to lie to you. I--I haven't always been a stand-up guy, but I don't want to be that way
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with you. And yes, I've been with my share of girls. Maybe more than my share. But a lot of what you hear is just gossip--and seriously exaggerated."
"Okay," Adrienne said, wanting to believe him. She'd seen firsthand how gossip could spin out of control.
"And one of the reasons I acted like a player was that I never really cared enough about any of those girls to do it any different.With the right girl . . ." His voice trailed off again and Graydon looked down at his plate.
Adrienne's green eyes widened, and she could feel her heart thump a little harder. Wow, she thought, he really does seem to want to make this work.
"Let's just keep seeing how things go," Adrienne said, hoping she sounded mature and cool. She was pleased by how relieved Graydon looked.
"I don't know about you," she added,"but I'm starving. Let's eat these burgers before they get cold."
"Good idea," Graydon said. "If we sent them back, I think the waiter would personally pay to have us executed."
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CHAPTER NINE
Parker's big secret
W hen Adrienne arrived at the Warners' apartment Monday after school, she found Emma in the huge kitchen, the round table in front of her a mess of wires and switches.
"What are you doing?" Adrienne asked.
"I'm convinced that Kane
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cancel the champagne. I want a Coke."
"Me, too!" Adrienne called as the waiter quickly left, exasperated.
Graydon looked at Adrienne, shook his head, and grinned. "You really are too much," he said.
"You know, Graydon, I really thought I knew you," Adrienne said. "That you were the biggest player around. But you know what? I think underneath all the loud game, there's a really nice guy who just wants to be normal."
"What's normal?" Graydon asked, laughing.
"Well, Gray, if you don't know, it's too late for you," Adrienne teased. "But I can tell you this: normal isn't a three-hundred-dollar bottle of champagne on a date with a girl who works as a nanny and goes to a public school."
"You're more than that, Adrienne," Graydon said.
"Am I?" Adrienne asked. "I need you to be straight with me." She looked him in the eye."What are we doing? Where is this going?"
Graydon reached across the table and took both of Adrienne's hands in his. His hands felt strong and warm.
"I'd like it to go further," he said.
"I'm not sure your idea of further is where I want to go," Adrienne said quietly.
Graydon released her hands and leaned back in his chair. He cocked his head as if he were studying her. "Sounds like my reputation has preceded me," he said.
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Adrienne shrugged. "People talk."
"People lie!" Graydon said, suddenly angry.
"Hey, hey!" Adrienne said, startled by his reaction. "I didn't mean to hurt your feelings, I just heard--"
"I know what you heard," Graydon said bitterly."You heard that I cheated on every girl I ever dated.You heard that Serena Bedford tried to kill herself after we broke up. You heard that I flew Lydia Stetson to Bermuda to be with me but then got her out of the way by shipping her off to Hilton Head so I could sleep with Jane Tauber. . . ." His voice trailed off, and he glared down at the table.
"It was Santa Fe," Adrienne said."I heard you shipped Lydia to Santa Fe.You really need to keep better track of your scandals."
Graydon's eyes flicked up and searched her face.When he realized that she was joking, his eyes crinkled and the two of them burst into outrageous laughter.
"Your hamburgers," the waiter announced with disgust.
"Thank you," Graydon said, choking as he tried to catch his breath.
Adrienne delicately touched the napkin to her eye. She laughed so hard, her eyes actually welled up with tears. She hoped she hadn't smeared her mascara.
When the waiter left the table, Graydon grew serious again. "Adrienne, I'm not going to lie to you. I--I haven't always been a stand-up guy, but I don't want to be that way
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with you. And yes, I've been with my share of girls. Maybe more than my share. But a lot of what you hear is just gossip--and seriously exaggerated."
"Okay," Adrienne said, wanting to believe him. She'd seen firsthand how gossip could spin out of control.
"And one of the reasons I acted like a player was that I never really cared enough about any of those girls to do it any different.With the right girl . . ." His voice trailed off again and Graydon looked down at his plate.
Adrienne's green eyes widened, and she could feel her heart thump a little harder. Wow, she thought, he really does seem to want to make this work.
"Let's just keep seeing how things go," Adrienne said, hoping she sounded mature and cool. She was pleased by how relieved Graydon looked.
"I don't know about you," she added,"but I'm starving. Let's eat these burgers before they get cold."
"Good idea," Graydon said. "If we sent them back, I think the waiter would personally pay to have us executed."
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CHAPTER NINE
Parker's big secret
W hen Adrienne arrived at the Warners' apartment Monday after school, she found Emma in the huge kitchen, the round table in front of her a mess of wires and switches.
"What are you doing?" Adrienne asked.
"I'm convinced that Kane
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