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marry Harold.”
    Kate nodded. “That's still the plan.”
    “And that's still a damn shame,” he said. “Because you really do look beautiful in that dress.”
    Do something, you idiot!
    Get him out of here.
    Finally, Kate forced herself to look away.
    Only when she broke eye contact did he turn and walk out of the dressing room, never looking back—the exact same way he hadn't
     looked back that day in Central Park.
    Oh God. Oh God. Oh God.
    What have I gotten myself into?
    Kate didn't have time to ponder that question.
    Alex and Eve rushed into the dressing room only seconds after he left.
    “Didn't I warn you not to mess with destiny?” Alex squealed, all excited. “This guy is so into you, we could feel the vibes
     from outside the dressing room entrance.”
    “The two of you were eavesdropping on us?” Kate wailed.
    Alex looked at Eve.
    Eve blushed.
    Kate sent both of them a mean look.
    “I wouldn't call it eavesdropping,” Alex said. “Eve and I were just making sure you were okay. Right, Eve?”
    Eve nodded. “It never hurts to be too careful, Kate. You really don't know this guy. What if he'd…you know? Tried to get physical
     or something.”
    Yeah, what if?
    She quickly pushed that thought aside.
    Alex said, “I can't believe you didn't ask him what you were going to do if the grandmother declared you
were
the woman he's supposed to marry.”
    Kate paled. “Don't even talk like that.”
    Alex smiled her know-it-all smile. “Why? The grandmother predicted he would meet you in Central Park, didn't she? Maybe the
     old blind girl really does have the gift of seeing into the future.”
    “That's insane,” Kate said.
    Alex laughed. “Insane? Are you freaking kidding me? Insane doesn't even touch this whole situation. That's why it's so obvious.
     This man is your destiny, Kate. That's why fate keeps throwing the two of you together.”
    “I'm not even going to dignify that remark with a response,” Kate said. She slammed the dressing room door.
    “Well, you don't have to get all pissy about it,” Alex called out as Kate slipped carefully out of the dress. ”
I'm
not the one who made the stupid prediction.”
    Kate didn't answer.
    She waited until she was sure Alex and Eve had left the dressing room area. Then she held the dress close to her breast one
     last time.
    What had Tony said?
    You really do look beautiful in that dress?
    No!
    Don't even go there.
    And she couldn't believe she was actually thinking of him as “Tony.” As long as he'd only been that “cop” or that “guy,” she'd
     had no personal connection to him.
    Tony.
    God help me.
    Kate placed the dress back on the hanger. She changed back into her street clothes. Then she jerked the dressing room door
     open, marched through the archway, and back out into the viewing area.
    “But Kate,” Eve said, sending Alex a nervous look. “Aren't you going to try on the bridal suits now?”
    “No,” Kate said. “I don't want to think about real weddings, predicted weddings, or any other kind of weddings right now.
     All I want is some kind of alcoholic beverage in an ice-cold glass.”
    Eve looked at Alex.
    Alex looked at Eve.
    “Does either of you have a problem with that?”
    Alex closed her eyes and put her fingertips to her temples. “Hush,” she said. “Madam Alexis is suddenly receiving a very important
     message. She predicts there are three delicious apple martinis in our immediate future.”
    “Screw you, Alex,” Kate said.
    She motioned for Eve to go in front of her, then started walking toward the front of the shop.
    Bringing up the rear, Alex was still laughing even after they made it out the front door of the shop and onto the sidewalk.

    A corporate attorney,
Tony thought as he reached his car. He'd parked in front of the gallery on Broadway, around the corner from the bridal shop.
    Yeah, he could just imagine what her fiancé had said when Kate told him about their meeting in Central Park. As if an uptown