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Droplets of water ran down his chest, and she swallowed. “But think how happy your dad will be when we’re on time.” He pulled his underwear from the drawer he’d taken over.
“He’ll probably have a stroke, and it’ll be all your fault.”
Gray dropped the towel; unfazed by his nudity. She, on the other hand, was definitely fazed. Yeah, she should have taken him up on the offer.
“Can you live with that?”
She squirmed. How much time did they have before they had to leave? “When you put it that way, no. Maybe we shouldn’t risk it.”
Kiera smiled and pulled off her shirt.
“They should rename The Star Report, Sherbrooke Monthly or something. Every cover since October has had a picture of someone in your family on it. This month it’s your turn again.”
“Hope they got a good one.” He sat at the edge of the bed. Still shirtless, he pulled on his pants.
“Like you ever take a bad picture.” It wouldn’t surprise her if his driver’s license picture was modeling shot. “Check for yourself.” She took the magazines out. “A smaller picture of us appeared on Celebrity Today’s cover.” She handed him both.
Gray barely glanced at them before he set them down. “Are you okay with this?”
“It’s strange seeing myself on a magazine while I get a coffee. I don’t know how you do it all the time.”
“It doesn’t bother me.”
“Really? Not at all?”
“No. I’ve grown immune to it. If it bothers you a lot, you could ask Addie how she deals with it. She might have some suggestions. Or call my cousin, Callie. It was hard on her in the beginning, too.”
A conversation with Addie might help. “I’ll think about it.”
“She and Trent will be there tonight, too. I asked Abby to invite them. I thought you’d be more comfortable with more people around.”
A few reinforcements to take the heat off her; Gray thought of everything.
“Thank you.”
“For what?” Gray put on a light blue button-down shirt.
“For being you.”
Gray recognized the Mercedes parked outside his dad’s house. Trent and Addie had beaten them there. Inviting them tonight had been a last-minute decision. He hoped another couple would draw some of his dad and stepmother’s attention off Kiera. Before he’d cancelled last weekend, Kiera had had reservations about seeing his family.
“You look beautiful.” Gray held Kiera’s hand as they walked up the steps. “You look terrific in red.”
Kiera’s grip tightened when they entered his father’s home.
“Relax. If it helps, think about all the fun we’ll have when we get home tonight.”
“That’s supposed to help me relax around your dad and stepmother?”
“Then think about our trip to Anguilla in two weeks.”
He’d spent a lot of time thinking about their trip and the presents he’d bought. “Did I tell you I got your presents?”
“We didn’t talk a lot last week.”
He didn’t need her to remind him. The previous Sunday, when they should’ve met with his dad, he’d flown to London and had spent most of the week salvaging a multimillionaire dollar deal for a new hotel and spa in the heart of London that almost had gone down the drain because his attention had been on issues Randall and the CIA assigned him instead of the deal.
“I shouldn’t need to return to London until late next month.”
