Chapter Eight
LAINIE GROANED WHEN she heard her father call her name. She should have known she wouldn’t be able to slip inside of her house unnoticed. Her father seemed to have a sixth sense of knowing when his children tried to avoid him, and Lainie had done her best to do just that ever since his big announcement of pairing her up with Miles Hemingway for the rest of her life. Her father hadn’t even asked her! He just assumed she would be the dutiful daughter and obey his wishes for her future, so he could better his business connections. It was bad enough that Fitz fell for their father’s machinations. Lainie refused to be their father’s bargaining chip. Hopefully, he got that hint Saturday night.
As soon as she walked into her father’s study, however, she knew she should have known
