"What time is the party starting this evening?" Rowan asked out of the blue. The surprise on Francesca’s face must have mirrored mine at Rowan’s unexpected question. For a moment, it truly sounded like he was interested in attending the party, even though I had not said anything about it. "It starts at 8:00 p.m., but I was thinking that we could have dinner before attending. There’s no reason for us to appear right on time," Francesca quickly replied, and I could tell that she was extremely happy that Rowan was finally coming around. "Sounds good," Rowan replied in agreement. My eyes widened even further, and it took all my effort not to gasp in surprise at Rowan’s agreeable attitude. I wondered what had happened to bring about such a change, but I had to admit that it did make things ea

