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Her face lit up, and a wide smile splayed across her face.

“Mr. Klein, are you sure?”

“Yes. You should go celebrate your one-year anniversary in Hawaii. Hopefully, your morning sickness will be over by then.”

“I don’t know what to say except thank you so much. You have no idea how much this means to me.”

“You’re welcome.” I smiled. “Go call your husband and tell him the good news.”

I was makingmy way back to my office after a meeting, and Lucy informed me that my mother had called. Pulling my phone from my pocket, I noticed I had two missed calls from her.

“Ethan, I’ve been trying to get a hold of you.”

“I’m sorry, but I was in a meeting. Is everything okay?”

“Yes. I need to change our lunch to dinner. Will that work?”

“Why?”

“I got a late start and just got into the city about a half hour ago. I have a million stores I need to go to, so that should give me plenty of time.”

“Dinner is fine. Say, around five o’clock? Where do you want to meet? That French bistro isn’t open for dinner.”

“I know. Let’s meet at Benihana over on West 56th Street. I’m in the mood for some Japanese food.”

“Sounds good. I’ll see you there.”

Chapter Twenty-Five

Aubrey

“Hey, Aubrey, you ready for our staff meeting?” Ian asked as he walked into my classroom.

“Yep. Gotta love these staff meetings after school.”

“Honestly, I’d rather have them after than before. I’m not trying to get up any earlier than I have to.”

I gave him a smile as I took hold of his arm.

“How about we do dinner after our meeting?” he spoke.

“Sure. Where do you want to go?”

“I’m in the mood for Japanese. How about Benihana?”

“Okay. I haven’t been there in a while.” I smiled.

After our staff meeting, Ian told me that Rigby had sent him a text message saying that his meeting with a client had been canceled.

“Would you mind if Rigby joined us for dinner? I want you to meet him so badly.”

“I would like that. I’m dying to meet him.”

“Excellent!” he spoke with excitement. “I’ll text him now.”

It seemed like it took us forever to get to the restaurant because traffic was heavier than usual today. Once we arrived, Ian saw Rigby standing outside waiting for us.

“He’s already here and looking as sexy as ever,” he spoke as he pulled into a parking space.

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