Chapter 169

LILY

Adler was nowhere to be seen. It was as if he had honored my request and completely disappeared from my life, and while that spiked my concern for him, I wasn't about to forget I had demanded it.

Then explain to me, in the simplest way possible, why my ears perked up at the first ring of a doorbell, a slight scrape on the window, and the noise of a car ignition.

Sitting next to the driver's seat in Cade's car, I pulled a nude lipstick from my purse and reapplied it, throwing it back in as soon as Cade opened the car door.

Beaming up at him and curling my fingers around the arm he offered, I stood before him, standing on my tiptoe to kiss his chin, "Thank you."

Cade chuckled, saying, "Anytime, Lily." He then unveiled the hidden hand, revealing a bouquet of red roses that perfectly matched my red evening dress. "The place may have been chosen hastily, but not the flowers."

Yeah, he told me while he drove, about not being ready for a callback, and even after Alessia called to tell h