Chapter 86 – Strawberries and Champagne

Aaron was fuming at how the dinner was going. He didn’t see how he would be able to salvage the night and talk her into coming back to the room that he had reserved when he set this all up. Oscar, their waiter, came rolling up with a cart that had a bucket with a bottle of champagne chilled inside and a plate of strawberries coupled with a fondu pot with dark chocolate melting inside it. “Compliments from Mr. Sullivan.” Cassidy and Aaron both looked in the direction where Jacob was sitting with some other guests. He lifted his glass toward them and nodded before taking a sip. She narrowed her eyes at the intolerable man. Aaron turned back and looked at Cassidy, who had cleared her facial reactions and thoughts about the gift that Jacob had left for them. “He definitely has a way about him, doesn’t he?” Cassidy nodded her head in agreement but refused to comment. She was ready for this night to be over. She wanted to get away from both men and be left alone to sift through her thoug