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“Our butler.” His hot breath creates goosebumps on my skin, but there’s no time to linger. The butler is already holding out his hand.
    “Come in; the Kings have been waiting for your arrival.” He looks at me. “May I take your coat?”
    I smile nervously as I let him take off my coat and step inside the hall. It’s so high, and there’s a white staircase in the middle, leading up to what must be at least fifteen rooms in three different hallways. Expensive wooden paneling covers the walls, and the marble on the floor is so white and clean, I could eat from it.
    “Oh my …”
    “Leo?” I hear a faint voice coming closer and closer. A woman in a dark red dress steps out from a room with a gentle smile on her face.
    “Hello, Mother,” Leo says, smiling.
    She walks toward him and gives him a short hug. “Oh, Leonard,” she says. “It’s been too long.”
    “Leonard?” I repeat, making a face, swallowing back a laugh.
    Leo shoots me a look with narrowed eyes that could kill. I almost choke on my laughter.
    When she releases him, she looks at me and says, “So you must be … the girl.” Her shoulders rise, and she makes a short squeaky, happy-fake sound before hugging me so tight I can barely breathe.
    “It’s so good to meet you,” she says.
    “Her name’s Samantha,” Leo says. When his mother releases me again, he grabs my hand and squeezes it softly, cocking his head to give me a fake, love-struck smile. “My Samantha.”
    His father comes up to me, rubbing his grey stubble. “Frank.”
    “It’s so nice to meet you,” I say.
    “Yes, it’s such a shame Leo hasn’t told us anything about you,” Tricia says.
    “For good reason,” he sneers.
    “Oh, Leonard, now is not the time to start arguments.”
    “Yeah, Leonard,” I say, winking. “Your mother is just trying to be polite.”
    She smiles at me with a smug look on her face while Leo grinds his teeth. I can almost hear him seethe; the hissing is quite unmistakable. I chuckle. This is going to be fun.

Chapter 11
     
     
    This late dinner is horrible, horrible I tell you.
    Why? Well, it took me exactly five minutes to slam-dunk a tiny piece of potato into Tricia’s wineglass. Add that to the fact that I mumbled while introducing myself to his brothers because they were so goddamn sexy, and I’ve just made a complete fool out of myself. I keep stumbling into everything, tripping over the rugs, bumping into people; I even accidentally poked Emily with my elbow. That didn’t go well with her. She seemed livid, throwing her napkin on the table and groaning as if she went totally mad. She refuses to look at me now. I get why Leo hates her.
    “So, where did two meet?” Frank asks us.
    “Oh, Vegas.”
    “Vegas …” he repeats.
    Leo kicks my shin and flashes a look at me.
    “Oh, no, I mean, we got married there.” I laugh it off, getting red as a beet again. “We met at his office.”
    “Oh, interesting.”
    “Yep, she was one of my models.”
    “Oh, really? You model?”
    “Uh …” I look back and forth to Leo, getting lost in this maze of lies. He shrugs and nods. I guess I should go with it.
    “Plus-size,” I say.
    “Yeah, the magazine is looking to expand its base.”
    Tricia smiles. “That is wonderful. Well, I’m sure you two had a great time in Vegas. Do you have some pictures? I’d love to see them.”
    “Oh, no, not yet,” Leo says, coughing. “They’re still at the photographer getting processed.”
    “Oh … well, I must say, I was rather stunned when I heard the news. I would’ve loved to have been there during the exchange of the vows,” Tricia says, taking another sip of her wine.
    “Yeah, I would’ve loved to have you there, too, but this was a spontaneous act … of pure love.” Leo looks at me, sighs, and puts on an unprecedented performance. It almost makes me laugh out loud.
    “I can see you two are very fond of each other,” Frank muses.
    “Very much …” Leo repeats, gazing at