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had known her for a while, he had never
been able to get as close to her as he wanted because of some
inescapable complications.
    The first one was that she was the younger
daughter of the senior partner in the Law Firm where he worked. The
second was that Raven, the older and favorite daughter, had made it
quite obvious as soon as she could manage that she wanted him for
herself. And Raven could be very ruthless when she wanted
something. Just a whiff that Simon was actually interested in
Dreama could set manipulated events that would make life
uncomfortable for the younger woman. That was the reason why, on
social gatherings when both of them were there, he avoided being
near Dreama for too long, in case Raven noticed that he was
interested in being more than a friend to her younger sister.
    Yes, truly. Raven could be such a pain in the
ass.
    Simon was still very much lost in thought,
figuring out how he was going to find time being with Dreama
without Raven there, when the phone on his desk buzzed.
    Hitting a button on it, he said, "Yes,
Rosalyn?"
    "Simon, Ms. Addison is here to see you," Rosalyn
said over the message system.
    "Wonderful, Rosalyn! Send her in!"
    Simon jumped up from behind his desk with a
decided spring in his step as he hurried to the door. Whipping it
open to greet her, he had to adjust the disappointed look on his
face when he saw who it was.
    "Ah, Raven," he said.
    "Well, yes, Simon," the woman said to him. "Who
did you think it was?"
    "I knew it was you," he lied as he allowed her
to hug him.
    "Oh, did you think my lovely sister just dropped
by?" Raven said archly.
    "No, I knew it wasn't Dreama."
    Even as Simon lied to Raven, he did his best to
hide that fact. But he had a feeling that he wasn't fooling her in
the least.
    So Raven had heard that Dreama had been dropping
by recently. There was no doubt that she was here today to find out
how he liked being visited by her sister.
    He did think Dreama would be here today, had
actually thought this was true when Rosalyn said a Miss Addison was
outside his office door. Since Dreama started assisting Holli in
her wedding preparations, the younger woman would sometimes be near
enough the office that she would drop by to visit her father,
peeking into his office a few times, too, before she would leave
for a restaurant or for the castle to meet Holli.
    Raven tilted her beautiful head to the side a
bit, her long black hair swinging. Her dark eyes flashed at him in
disbelief, but she kept her thoughts to herself. Instead, she laid
a well-manicured hand on his arm. "I thought we could have lunch
together, if you don't have any plans," she said.
    "Um, sure, I'd like that," he said. "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.

    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