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special.”
    Thea smiled and then walked away, leaving them alone.
    “ You have food named after
you?” Julie asked in awe.
    “ It was just something I threw
in there after my grandmother’s breakfast became so popular,”
Steven said.
    “ Really? What is it?”
Julie asked.
    “ Well, it is cinnamon French
toast, bacon, a bowl of fruit and tea,” Steven replied.
    “ Tea,” Julie said. “You
really are English,” she added. Steven smiled at her and then
shrugged.
    “ Well, there is no denying
that, now. Is there?” he said. He then leaned forward and took
her hands in his. He looked into her eyes as he drew small circles on
the back of her hands using his thumbs.
    “ What?” she asked.
    “ I told you I would never hurt
you so stop pushing me away. It won’t work,” he said. She
smiled and nodded.
    “ I’ve noticed,” she
smiled.
    “ It takes so much more to push
me away than ignoring my calls,” he finished.
    “ Obviously,” she
chuckled, as a waitress brought their order. She looked at the tray
and sighed. “You keep doing this and the day I finally cook you
something you may not like it,” she said.
    “ So you cook?” he asked.
    “ Well, yeah. Sometimes,”
she said. Steven looked at her and smiled.
    “ I would love to try something
you’ve made one of these days,” he told her. “Maybe
I can even meet the other Parker?” Julie looked up at him
surprised.
    “ I’m sorry, what?”
she gasped.
    “ Why not? I’m not going
anywhere anytime soon. We might as well just get it over with it,”
he said. She felt her cheeks flush.
    “ I’m not sure…it’s
a bit soon,” she nervously said.
    “ Well then, perfect,”
Steven claimed as he took a bite of his toast.
    “ Did you not hear anything I
said? I meant it would be a bad idea,” she said. Steven shook
his head.
    “ You let me be the judge of
that. Now eat up before it gets cold,” he ordered as he took a
sip of his tea. She looked at him, not sure whether he was joking or
for real but she was sure of one thing, she did not want to know. At
least not at that moment.
    *****
    Julie was not sure what happened, but by the time they
were done with breakfast, Steven already knew that she always had
Sunday dinner with her father. And somehow, he was invited to Sunday
dinner that week. She hated how much his charm seemed to sway her but
then again, he was all British and hot too. There was no denying
that.
    On Sunday afternoon, Julie spent the better part of it
in the kitchen, stuffing, marinating and chopping. When she told her
father that they would be having a guest for Sunday dinner, she
couldn’t help but notice the smile on his father’s lips
especially when she mentioned Steven. It had been a while since she
had gotten serious with anyone and the fact that she was willing to
bring a man home was definitely a good sign to her father. But there
was one problem. Julie had always been daddy’s little girl and
every guy who ever met him would leave with his head bowed in
disappointment. As Meg once said, there was no pleasing Michael
Parker as far as dating his daughter was concerned. Julie pushed this
thought to the back of her head. She would deal with the disaster
when it happened. At that point all she wanted to do was get it over
with. At around five thirty, Meg arrived with the dessert: cheese
cake.
    “ It sure smells good in here,”
she said when she walked into the kitchen.
    “ It had better. I have been
here for most of the day,” Julie groaned as she took the cake
from Meg.
    “ Need any help?” Meg
offered. Julie looked around and then shrugged.
    “ I’m pretty much done.
You could help me set the table though,” she said smiling. Meg
walked to the dining room and began setting the table just as Julie’s
dad walked into the house through the kitchen door.
    “ There is a reason why Sunday
is my favorite day,” he said with a smile. Julie smiled and
poured him some iced tea. “Seeing you hard at work to feed me
just