Anna "What are you doing here?" I ask with a trembling voice. "You are supposed to wait for me." "I had no time to waste," my father replies. "By the way, should I introduce myself to your adorable husband or are you going to do that?" "Uhm," I swallow anxiously. Patrick scans my expression, his eyes won't stop flickering at me. Father will be my doom. What the heck?! That's no way to make a bargain. How can he ask me to make preparations? And he went behind my back to meet up with Patrick. This is absurd. "I suppose the introduction is due," Patrick says and I swallow anxiously. "He won't say a word till you arrive. So tell me Anna, who exactly am I dealing with?" I walk up to Patrick and place my hand on his shoulder, flashing him a warm smile, but he didn't buy it. His jaw

