The next afternoon, Allison's phone lit up with her dad's name.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Javier had always been dead set against her and Joshua. She'd kept their reconciliation a secret, and now, seeing her dad's name on the screen, panic fluttered in her chest.

Did he know? Was this the "I need to talk to you" call?

Allison's brain shot into overdrive, scrambling for excuses.

But when she answered, Javier sounded calm-maybe even cheerful. "Allie, there's a cocktail party the day after tomorrow. I want you there. I'll introduce you

to some business partners-good connections for your law firm."

Allison let out the breath she'd been holding. Just networking. No drama.

"Sure, Dad. What time? Text me the details."

...

Allison wore an understated black strapless

bigwigs from companies

Allison had locked in some major cases—each worth a small fortune in legal

guided her over

slowed. She

back from Switzerland— he's the

looked every bit

in his navy

place. He lifted his champagne in greeting, smiling. "We meet again,

replied, her tone

was her dad up to? Was

but just grinned.

invited us both to dinner

got something to take care

resisted the urge to sigh. She'd thought tonight was

Brian's college friend, but Allison had mostly kept to herself during school-library days, quiet hangouts with Sabrina and Olivia never the big group dinners. She'd only met Eason for the

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