“She’s amazing, isn’t she?” I say.
His head comes up. “You know Bobbi?”
“Sure. Her bakery is where my grandparents’ dance studio used to be. I first met her when she came by to talk to Grandpa.”
“So you guys are friendly?”
“Yeah, of course.”
“Then can you please buy me one of her croissants?”
What an odd request.“Why can’t you do that yourself?”
“She hates me. And every time I try to send somebody else, she just seems to know.”
“What did you do?” Nicholas asks.
“Nothing!” Noah protests. “You know me.”
“Probably posted a shot of her ass on social media,” Huxley says.
“Unlike you, I don’t let my phone get hacked,” Noah says.
“What do you mean, ‘unlike me’? My phone’s never been hacked.”
A phone pings again.
“Whose phone is that?” I say. “It could be important.”
“It’s mine,” Sebastian says. “And don’t worry, it’s nothing. Actually, let me just put it on mute.”
“How can it be nothing when it’s probably your fiancée texting you?” Noah says without looking up from his phone.
“What? Since when?” Emmett’s eyes are wide as he stares at Sebastian.
“It’s BS,” Sebastian grouses.
“Lucienne Peery isn’t BS,” Noah says, finally placing his phone on the table.
Lucienne Peery… The name sounds vaguely familiar, but I can’t place it.
“She’s crazy,” Huxley says. “Why the heck would you marry her?”
Then I remember: the jewelry heiress. Totally wild and out of control, too. And Sebastian is engaged to her? Wow…
He groans into his hands. “It’s complicated. I’m trying to get Jeremiah to fix it, but she refuses. Andreas won’t return my calls, either.”
“Well, yeah. Peery Diamonds is an important client,” Huxley says, not wholly unsympathetic. “And if you don’t know, the company’s new to the firm. So Mom doesn’t want to do anything to upset them.”
Sebastian straightens. “I don’t care what the deal is, but Lucienne’s going to call it off, and we’re going to go our separate ways.”
“Why don’tyoucall it off?” I ask tentatively.
“It’s complicated,” he grumbles.
“Guess this means you won’t be introducing us to her?” Griffin says.
“I’d rather choke on cat vomit.”
