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I smiled back before I looked at Dante. “I’m alright because of you, too. Got here just in time.” I extended my hand to shake his.
He took it. “I’m glad you’re alright, Axel. I’m glad everyone is alright.”
I squeezed her into me again and kissed her temple. “Me too.”
“Your beautiful house is destroyed,” she said sadly.
“Ourhouse,” I said. “And it’s fine. We’ll go on our honeymoon while it’s being fixed.”
“Ooh…” She kept her cheek against my chest. “I guess something good did come out of all of this.”
Chapter 20
Scarlett
I was working in the back office doing paperwork when Alessandra walked in.
“Your father is here to see you. Wants to know if you’re free for lunch?”
“Oh, tell him I’ll be right there.” I finished up my work then closed my laptop before I walked to the lobby. He was there, dressed nicely and looking handsome as ever, just with a slight bruise on his face. “Hey, Dad.”
“Hey, sweetheart. Would you like to have lunch?”
I had a lot of work to do, but that didn’t seem important anymore. “Sure. Where do you want to go?”
He gestured to the tables behind him. “Where else?”
“We don’t have to eat here, Dad.”
“I love it.”
My eyes narrowed.
“Honestly.”
“Well, it would be quicker than going somewhere else.” I grabbed two menus from the hostess stand, and we walked to a table together. Lunchtime was much slower than dinnertime, so we condensed our menu during the day to just the more popular lunch items, like salads, sandwiches, and soups.
He pulled out the chair for me and sat across from me, straightening his collared shirt the way he always did. He opened the menu and looked, and it seemed to take him only a second to decide what he wanted.
“Let me guess…the Caesar?”
He smirked. “I’d like to try those focaccia croutons.”
“They’re house-made.”
“Yes, I saw that on the menu.”
The waiter came over, took our drink order and, since we were ready for lunch, also took our food order. A moment later, he returned with our wine and let us enjoy it.
My father stared at his wine for a while before he looked at me, visibly awkward for some reason.
“What is it?”
He gave a shrug. “This is nice, is all.”
“It is nice.”
“I’m grateful we get to have this.” He gave me a soft smile, his affection written all over his face.
