This conversation takes place after Damien moves Andie into his place without consulting her.  I thought it ran kind of long. So I replaced it with his conversation with Barker.  After reviewing it, I might put it back in.   Andie “I’m sorry.” Not as sorry as he was going to be. “Uh-huh.” “I wanted [...]

Damien   And there was perplexed look. The one with the little “V” of confusion in the middle of her forehead. He loved that one. Jumping up, he crossed the room and popped a kiss on it before it disappeared. His girl blinked up at him up at him as he took her hands in [...]

Andie   Andie started her hunt for Damien at his office and found a closed door. She put her ear to it. Nothing. To knock or not to knock? The advantage of surprise had merit, but her upbringing rebelled at the idea of barging in. She settled on the classic “Open the door a crack [...]

Damien   Damn, he was in love.  Well, shit, he didn’t see that one coming. The revelation was so consuming it took him a while to realize the room was silent. As in no one was speaking. As in Andie not saying anything.  She sat on his bed in his t-shirt, her hair a tumble [...]

Andie The Demi finally whittled his laughter down to chortles and a couple whews, “I haven’t laughed like that in…” “You laugh all the time.” Both brows popped up, “The hell you say.” “Oh, I say.” “Kitten, my reputation as a surly bastard is well earned.” “You want the list.” “You know, I think I [...]

The sun blazed in ribbons of red and gold by the time Jose and Layla returned with their two guests. The orangry crowd with the exception of Min and Dee had dispersed. Those two had not taken their eyes off the chocolate cake layers since she’d pulled them from the freezer. Under their watchful eyes, [...]

Andie After the fun in the orangery, Andie decided to make use of the double ovens. Lemon chicken roasted in one while a chocolate orange swirled cheesecake baked in the other. All the while she mixed up an ambrosia salad with freshly picked mandarin oranges, pineapple, coconut mini marshmallows all tossed in a sweet orange [...]

Andie “Layla, drop it.” Her friend said something, who knew what. Attempting to vocalize an intelligible denial of guilt while hiding a mouth full of cinnamon bun - not easy. “You’ve already had one. The whole building is about to descend and I’m not spending another Sunday at the E.R.” “Roomies should get special dispensation. [...]

Andie “You expect me to believe you wouldn’t hurt her?” Damien shouted, fighting Caine’s hold. “After what happened to my Mother?” “Damien…” Evelyn protested. Nobody heard her. Desmond was too busy shouting something about robberies and break-ins. And he didn’t hurt women. Damien’s vocalizations degraded to rabid snarls. Nate was shouting for everybody to calm [...]