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All I know is that the more I sit beside her, the more I want her. Not a good idea.

Then I remember Kenny’s words and how I should do something selfish for myself. Something fun and not having to worry about anything else. I would have to let everything go so I could concentrate more on myself instead of my daughter or my company. When Kenny suggested it before, I wasn’t sure about it.

Now I’m looking at Lucia and wondering if I can actually do it.

“Thank you for making this evening better for me,” Lucia says as she settles in the passenger seat of my car. “I didn’t mean to invade your dinner with your brother.”

“Don’t worry about it. We were happy to help.” I can’t help but laugh as I pull away from the curb. “I wasn’t expecting to be a white knight tonight.”

“I wasn’t expecting the date to go that badly.”

“Is your friend normally this bad at matchmaking?”

“I’m afraid she is. And I stupidly decided to go along with it.”

“It sounds like she’s not really your friend.”

Lucia grunts. She