“Oh,” she started, gaping at the scene before her. “I… I’m sorry, I thought… I didn’t realize—” She shook her head. “I didn’t know it was just us.” Circling his end of the table, he went to the chair to his right—the one with the place setting for her—and pulled it out for her. “I asked you to have dinner with me,” he said, smiling softly. Moving closer, she said, “Well, yes, but breakfast seemed to be a family affair, so I just assumed…” “The rest of the household has plans tonight,” he said. Silas had made sure of it. He’d even bribed Edgar to take Kat and a few of the others out to the
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