Elliot I don’t know what had come over me , telling the world's press that we were a couple but as I pulled out the chair for Riley , I couldn’t bring myself to regret it. “You look lovely.” I let myself smile at her, surprised when she didn’t smile back. In fact she looked angry. Not that I could blame her. I had kind of thrown her to the sharks. Several times in the short amount of time I had known her. No not known her , I reminded myself. I didn’t really know her at all. That would have to change quickly if we were going to make this believable. If of course she agreed to my proposition. “Thank you.” She finally replied , tight lipped. “Why are we here Elliot?” Straight down to business then, part of me liked her no nonsense way of doing things. It was a nice change to the u

