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Cassie shooed Renee and Layth from the kitchen, and then fixed her steady blue gaze on Melinda. “Well?” She prompted.
Melinda shrugged. “Well, what?”
“You and Renee…?”
Her green eyes dropped to the bench. “What?”
“I thought you were totally against this. What happened?”
Melinda pulled some eggs out of the fridge, then reached for the mushrooms. But Cassie took them from her hands and shook her head. “Nope. No distractions. Tell me everything.”
“There’s no time to tell you everything. And anyway, I’d rather hear what’s going on between you and that prince out there.” She shook her head with disbelief. “Royalty, in our little place.”
“Yeah, I know. But you forget about the royal thing after a while.”
“You do?”
“Sort of.”
“And what is this? Is it real?” She lifted Cassie’s hand, her eyes catching the diamond.
Cassie bit down on her lip and nodded. “He gave it to me this morning.”
“Kind of an extravagant gift for someone you’re just shagging.”
“He’s a prince. You said it yourself. He’s different to us. To him, this is the equivalent of a box of chocolates or some flowers.”
“Right,” she shook her head. “If you say so.”
Cassie began to crack the eggs into a mixing bowl. “When did you and Renee reach this new understanding?”
Melinda reached for her mug and lifted it to her lips. “The other night. When you didn’t come out with us.” She sighed. “He got talking to me. I found him … interesting. One thing led to another …”
Cassie’s smile was bright. “I’m so happy for you, honey.”
“Yeah well, don’t go getting ahead of yourself. It’s still very early days and I want to take it slowly. I’m too busy at work to be distracted.”
“Mmm,” Cassie nodded, but she was smiling. In her opinion, distractions came along whether you want
ed them or not, and ignoring them was almost impossible.
At least, it had been that way for her and Layth.
“Why are you giving him a hard time?”
“Renee? I didn’t want to answer questions about us yet. I told him to go when you called. But he told me to stop being afraid. He has a way with words, you know.”
“Yes.”
Cassie felt a prickle of excitement for her friend. Renee was a great guy and he certainly seemed smitten by Melinda.
“Just enjoy it while you can. Don’t overthink it.”
“Is that what you’re doing?”
Cassie’s gaze drifted to Melinda’s. She nodded, but her worry was obvious.
“Cass?” Mel braced her hip on the bench, so that she could look at her friend. “What’s the deal here?”
