Piper POV
It was the way Brad was looking at her, when he asked her to attend a private family dinner, and that please, she could see that there was something else going on. Didn’t know what it was, but whatever it was, was causing the man concern.
Though he was trying to mask his emotions and convey to her nothing was wrong, something she was very good at doing and detecting herself, for that matter. Though he'd covered it very quickly, there was a flicker of something akin to sadness, she thought. Something in him needed this.
Piper did not think it was just his wanting to have dinner with her either, and this was what had made her nod her head and say yes to that family dinner. The minute that she did, he simply stepped aside and opened her door for her, to go back inside her room o
