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“Let me just tell Rosalyn that I’m leaving.”
Turning his back to grab his suit jacket gave him a chance to regain his composure. He didn’t want to be so transparent, especially to Raven, but it was becoming harder all the time to deny how he felt about her sister Dreama.
Dammit, he had to get a grip. If he didn’t, everyone would know how he felt and that just wasn’t something that could happen.
At least not yet.
So for now, he turned around and smiled at Raven as they strolled out of the office.
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OVER LUNCH, RAVEN kept up a running stream of chatting.
She was really quite good at that, which came in handy when Simon wasn’t in the mood to talk. He had a lot on his mind that he barely tasted his steak sandwich and cheese fries. There were times that he simply didn’t want to eat healthy and this was one of them.
Raven had lifted a carefully arched eyebrow at him when he ordered his food but wisely remained silent and ordered her own shrimp salad and mineral water.
Finally, she stopped talking and sipped her water.
“Simon, you haven’t been listening to a word I’ve said,” she said icily.
“Sure I have, Raven,” Simon protested. “I’ve just got a new case that’s kind of preying on my mind right now. I’m sorry if I’ve made you feel that I’m not paying enough attention to you. Please, go ahead with what you were saying.”
“Oh, never mind,” Raven said, waving her hand dismissively. “It’s not important, anyway. What I wanted to ask you about is Erick’s wedding. You’re his Best Man, aren’t you?”
“Yes, I sure am,” Simon answered, smiling, even as he began to feel like he needed to take care about what he would say next. If Holli and Dreama had hit it off from the first, Holli and Raven did not. Upon knowing about Dreama’s humble background, Raven had acted snobbish, and had petulantly declared that she wasn’t someone worthy of a billionaire like Erick to a select few. Noone had to tell Holli about this, because she already was sensitive enough to know. But when Erick noticed, the look on his face was enough to tell that Raven would never be in any if his lists. Not even of his least favorites.
“Well, I thought I would help you out and go as your date, since I know you don’t want to be hounded by all of those single women that are sure to be there. Just let me know when you have all the details on the date and time so I can have a new outfit to wear.”
Chapter Seven
SIMON STARED AT Raven for a few moments more before he was sure she actually said what she had said.
And then he would have wanted to laugh, but he instead put what remained of his tasty sandwich down on his plate.
There was no way Raven was going to be his date to the wedding.
How long was this nasty business going to last? If he only knew what Dreama actually felt about him, things would have been different.
Raven had always felt herself to be in competition with her younger sister. There had been some issues in the beginning when Simon and Dreama had first met. Raven had been jealous that he and Dreama had hit it off and it had been a bit of a problem.
In fact, Simon hadn’t seen Dreama very often at first because of the way Raven reacted – and because something always “happened” that would eliminate either one of them in any event when they could have been together. When he learned that Raven had been manipulating arrangements so that schedules would not permit he and her sister would not be in one place at the same time, especially when the event had something to do with the firm, he knew he only had opportunities to act freely with Dreama anywhere wherein Raven would definitely not be there, like events arranged by other people and other friends.
He definitely didn’t understand what was going on in Raven’s head. Of course, there hadn’t actually been anyone in his life for her to be jealous of until he had met Dreama. On the other hand, he had never given her cause to
Turning his back to grab his suit jacket gave him a chance to regain his composure. He didn’t want to be so transparent, especially to Raven, but it was becoming harder all the time to deny how he felt about her sister Dreama.
Dammit, he had to get a grip. If he didn’t, everyone would know how he felt and that just wasn’t something that could happen.
At least not yet.
So for now, he turned around and smiled at Raven as they strolled out of the office.
----
OVER LUNCH, RAVEN kept up a running stream of chatting.
She was really quite good at that, which came in handy when Simon wasn’t in the mood to talk. He had a lot on his mind that he barely tasted his steak sandwich and cheese fries. There were times that he simply didn’t want to eat healthy and this was one of them.
Raven had lifted a carefully arched eyebrow at him when he ordered his food but wisely remained silent and ordered her own shrimp salad and mineral water.
Finally, she stopped talking and sipped her water.
“Simon, you haven’t been listening to a word I’ve said,” she said icily.
“Sure I have, Raven,” Simon protested. “I’ve just got a new case that’s kind of preying on my mind right now. I’m sorry if I’ve made you feel that I’m not paying enough attention to you. Please, go ahead with what you were saying.”
“Oh, never mind,” Raven said, waving her hand dismissively. “It’s not important, anyway. What I wanted to ask you about is Erick’s wedding. You’re his Best Man, aren’t you?”
“Yes, I sure am,” Simon answered, smiling, even as he began to feel like he needed to take care about what he would say next. If Holli and Dreama had hit it off from the first, Holli and Raven did not. Upon knowing about Dreama’s humble background, Raven had acted snobbish, and had petulantly declared that she wasn’t someone worthy of a billionaire like Erick to a select few. Noone had to tell Holli about this, because she already was sensitive enough to know. But when Erick noticed, the look on his face was enough to tell that Raven would never be in any if his lists. Not even of his least favorites.
“Well, I thought I would help you out and go as your date, since I know you don’t want to be hounded by all of those single women that are sure to be there. Just let me know when you have all the details on the date and time so I can have a new outfit to wear.”
Chapter Seven
SIMON STARED AT Raven for a few moments more before he was sure she actually said what she had said.
And then he would have wanted to laugh, but he instead put what remained of his tasty sandwich down on his plate.
There was no way Raven was going to be his date to the wedding.
How long was this nasty business going to last? If he only knew what Dreama actually felt about him, things would have been different.
Raven had always felt herself to be in competition with her younger sister. There had been some issues in the beginning when Simon and Dreama had first met. Raven had been jealous that he and Dreama had hit it off and it had been a bit of a problem.
In fact, Simon hadn’t seen Dreama very often at first because of the way Raven reacted – and because something always “happened” that would eliminate either one of them in any event when they could have been together. When he learned that Raven had been manipulating arrangements so that schedules would not permit he and her sister would not be in one place at the same time, especially when the event had something to do with the firm, he knew he only had opportunities to act freely with Dreama anywhere wherein Raven would definitely not be there, like events arranged by other people and other friends.
He definitely didn’t understand what was going on in Raven’s head. Of course, there hadn’t actually been anyone in his life for her to be jealous of until he had met Dreama. On the other hand, he had never given her cause to
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