CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
“So?” Penelope arrived at her desk with a cup of coffee and breakfast burrito the next morning. “How was your date?”
Alexis jolted back to reality. “I can’t stop thinking about Grant.”
Penelope sat in her chair, gawking at Alexis. “Must have been some date.”
“I’m more disgusted by Grant Copeland than ever.”
“What happened?”
“Besides the fact that he tried to filet me with a sword?”
“What?” Penelope blew into her coffee cup.
“I tried to stay on my guard but it was hard.” Alexis stared at the picture of her and Kevin. “When you’re alone with him, it’s easy to tell why my mother risked her marriage. He pulls you in.”
“I’m confused.” Penelope crossed her legs. “Did you or did you not have a good time?”
“It was like a switch flipped and he changed from one person t
