Page 93 of Secret Billionaire

Ella stepped forward and hugged Faye. “I’m so sorry. If I’d have known what my father-in-law was up to, I’d have interceded.”

“You had fifty people to contend with, how could you have known? It’s not your fault,” Faye said.

“There’s four bar stools left with our names on them,” Griffin said. “Let’s take them.”

Faye caught Jess’s eye as she followed them to the bar. Her stomach was in knots until she saw that Jesse was relaxed and friendly when he greeted them. He took their orders and even teased Griffin’s date about her choice of drink, a Kamikaze, sharing a bartender war story about the possible repercussions of one too many.

With her family tucked safely away she went to find Ty, leaving them in Jesse’s capable hands. “Ty, FYI the Bennett family is in the house.”

“Shit and here I was enjoying myself.”

“You still can.”

“Doubtful.”

“Why don’t you give it a try. They’re here to show their support. You know you’re stuck with me…which means you’re kind of stuck with them too.”

His intense blue eyes sparkled today. “I’ll go make nice. I’m in a good mood.”

“And I think I know who to thank for that.”

He flashed his devilish grin as his eyes searched the bar until they lighted onto Addison. When he found her, his whole face softened. “She’s so beautiful,” he said.

“She is.” Faye had to bite back the words ‘be careful’ because they’d serve exactly no one.

She watched like a proud mama bear as Tyler approached the bar and shook hands with Kyle then Griffin. Ella pulled him in for an affectionate hug and Griffin’s date batted her lashes at him. He was a gorgeous young man and Griffin’s date was probably not much older than Ty was. After reassuring herself that things weren’t going to explode, she jumped back into service.

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