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I uncrossed her arms and placed her hands back on the piano for the millionth time during our lesson.
“Fine, we’ll have a half-birthday party.”
She shrugged, and her fingers lifted off the keys until I tutted. “I already told Miss Luna to plan it for me.”
My sixty-year-old housekeeper Luna favored Tessie over me. Not that I blamed her, but she could at least feign loyalty.
“You’re not inviting Ariana De Luca.”
“Why not?” She played the wrong keys again.
I gave up on the lesson, letting her do it her way as I said, “She’s my employee not your friend.”
“Why can’t she be both?”
“Fraternizing with the help is a disaster waiting to happen.”
From her spot on my staircase, one of the maids narrowed her eyes as she scrubbed the flooring on her hands and knees.
Tessie tilted her head to the side and stared at me, one hundred percent giving up on the piano lesson she’d begged me for.
“What does fra—fratur… What does that word mean?”
“Doesn’t matter.”
“I’ll look it up.”
“You can’t pronounce it, and you can’t spell it. How are you going to look it up?”
“Miss Luna will teach me after she plans my party and Ari shows up. I’ll show her my unicorn collection in my room after she tells me what it means.”
No.
Ariana De Luca would not step foot in my penthouse.
It simply was never going to happen.
I’d wanted to fuck her, yes, but something about her had me holding back. I normally trusted my resolve but not with her.
If I had it my way, she’d be on her back with me inside her. I needed to trust my gut with this one and stay away.
“The restaurant,” I bit out.
“Huh?”
“You can have your party at L’Oscurità. We’ll close it down for you.”
“Asher would do that?!”
“No, I’ll do that.” I paused a beat and relented, “But Asher would, too.”
She flung her arms around my waist and peeked up at me. “I’m still inviting Ari.”
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