The chef—”
“Warned you not to get too familiar with me?” He kept watching her.
“Yes.” She couldn’t think clearly, not with him looking at her like that.
“I’m not trying to get you into trouble, Maya.”
No, she thought. He was waiting for her to come clean, to tell him who she was. But she couldn’t bring herself to do it, and he didn’t ask her directly, just in case she was the wrong girl.
“Will you look after Lester while I’m gone?” he asked instead.
She frowned. “Lester?”
He pointed to the dog, and the puppy danced in a circle. “He was a gift from the Halloways. He looks a lot like my childhood pet. It was tough to resist him.”
She glanced at the mixed-breed. He was so ugly he was cute. “I shouldn’t—”
“Get overly familiar with my dog? What’s the harm in that?”
She wanted to trust Justin. She wanted to believe that he was as honest as he seemed. “No harm,” she said, taking a small chance.
He smiled, revealing a set of boyishly lethal dimples, making her wonder what she’d gotten herself into. He actually turned her knees weak. How sexy could he be?
“I’ll tell Brian I’m leaving Lester in your care.” The dimples faded. He was no longer smiling. “It’s going to be tough seeing my parents. I’ll be glad to get it over with.”
She tried to seem unaffected, but she couldn’t help thinking about her own parents and the secret they’d kept.
“Are you okay?” he asked, as a shiver sliced her spine.
She looked up at the man who’d promised to help her. A man whose new family she believed was responsible for whatever had happened to her dad. “I’m fine.” She glanced at the food he’d yet to eat. “Just put the dishes outside of your door when you’re done.”
He reached out to brush her arm. “Are you sure you’re all right?”
“Yes.” His concern, his deliberate touch, made her weak-kneed all over again.
A moment later, she left his room, anxious for him to return to the mansion.
And wishing to God she wasn’t.
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