He had fooled me once and I had fallen for it but I would not let him trick me in to this again . How could he even bring this up again .
" You have some nerve . " I lowered the peppers back on to the counter .
He held up his hands to silence me and let him finish . " Mr Hawthorne and his wife will be joining us as my guest from Monday until Wednesday next week . " I remembered Mr Hawthorne from the wedding .
He was the one who was in his fifties yet he had the physique of someone in their thirties with not even a white hair in sight . Although , I did not recall seeing his wife present .
" Ahh , and you need me to smile and pretend that all is well in Ryder' s world . " I smiled tightly at him knowing that that was exactly what he wanted me to do .
He was clearly irritated by ho
