THE NEXT MORNING I found Lucian waiting by a rented SUV. I ran straight into his arms and gave him the longest kiss ever. “I hope you’re done mixing business with pleasure,” he said with his face buried in my nape. He opened the passenger door for me. “So, did you enjoy the museum?” “Yes, especially the exhibit on you and your family,” I teased. His face turned red. “I hate that stupid thing. It took hours for them to get the measurements right, and they still did a crappy job.” I laughed excitedly. “So where are we going?” “I told you it’s a surprise, although not the one I had planned, but it will have to do.” He started the SUV and music blared from the radio. “I want to play you something, ” he said, and took out a disc from a gray CD file and slid it into the player. The song ha

