“Is Ellen here?” Nigel asked.

“She’ll be along later. Your sister is very eager to see who you brought home.”

Sophie settled onto the sofa next to Nigel and across from Claire. She hadn’t realized she’d be this nervous to meet his family, but after their romp on the plane, she was a bundle of mixed emotions.

“Now, tell me how you met,” Claire said, clasping her hands like a proud grandmother.

“At the office,” Nigel piped in. “You know I have a policy about not dating employees, but Roselyn changed all of that.”

They’d discussed their story and decided to keep it as close to the truth as possible.

Claire’s eyes darted between them, then landed back on Nigel. “Do you always work? Wait, don’t answer that. I know you do. Do you at least take this poor girl out to dinner?”

“Of course,” Nigel replied, reaching for a lemon square. “We’ve had several work dinners.”

Phillip Townshend,” she

“I’m kidding.

saint to put up with him. He’s given me every one of my gray hairs, I

“Ignore him. One of the first things he

asked, raising one perfectly shaped

real date,” Nigel chimed in. “I knew the second I saw her I wanted

your company and I think it’s romantic...so long as you keep romance in the relationship and not

glancing to Nigel. “You

let out a burst of laughter. “Did he, now? I’d love to hear what

like to know what he said

a beautiful, curvy woman came striding through. Her long dark hair fell in waves over her shoulders and she looked

you’re just in time.” Claire came to her feet and kissed the woman who had to be her granddaughter on the cheek. “Nigel’s girlfriend was just dishing on workplace romance and what he

well, nervous at encountering another family member. Maybe she could knock these

Nigel. “Well, aren’t you

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