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Well, maybe it hadn’t been quite the romantic meal she had hoped for, but Zoe felt a thousand times better as she climbed into Evan’s car so he could drive her home. Her sense of well-being didn’t just come from a full stomach, but from a feeling that they’d done a lot to clear the air between them. He’d told her the truth about his ex-wife — and what a wench she sounded like — and Zoe had spilled a few secrets of her own.
And even with all that, he was still here, hadn’t shown any sign that he planned to take off for Jerome and leave her to sort out her own mess. No, it was clear to her that he would stick by her until they sent the creature away for good.
During the meal at Sofrita, she’d been half expecting her phone to ring again, to have her uncle call and tell her that there ha
