Love among the Pretenses

tral chandelier cascaded down like a princess's diamond gown. Eva stared at the preside

yet accustomed to his waiter's attire, bu

he stayed in such lux

with excitement, tossing aside her bag and kicking off her shoes as she bounced

my gosh, these scissors are pure gold! I've nev

hought. "Is this some kind of test? How did their

dopting a cool demeanor, and with her bear-patterned socks, she gracefully headed upstair

deep breath

ppers, he found the room dark. Eva was standing on the bal

silhouette by the light from outside. Her sudden q

"Miss Stephens, put on

bustling city and the starry sky, thoughts of he

, trying to inject some cheer into h

te. I shouldn't disturb you any longer. If you need a

prepared to he

left him inexplicably annoyed, a

so big, I'm scared." Eva called

some young women would feign helplessness

o stay up all ni

scoff and leave

n sleep on the downstairs sofa. If anything happens in the middle

revious fantasies with a hammer. He continued

nt. Then, she wiggled her fingers in the air like a g

tantly headed downst

der my pillow. If you try anything funny, you'r

thin an hour, he had gone from CEO to a waiter,

of surprises