The Dragon Conspiracy, Page 27

  As soon as Kylie’s segment wrapped, Ian reached up and adjusted his tie.

  Oh yeah, my partner definitely had a date, and I now knew with whom.

  I lowered my voice so only Ian could hear, but kept my tone casual. “So where are you and Kylie going for lunch?”

  “Some new place . . .” He caught himself and stopped.

  I did a little celebratory fist pump. “Gotcha, partner.”

  “Okay, you got me. I called Kylie yesterday and asked her out.”

  I grinned. “And she said yes. I told you she would.”

  “Actually, she said no.”

  “Huh?”

  A mischievous smile flitted across his mouth. “She said she’d go out to dinner with me this week, if I let her take me to lunch today. Apparently it’s one of those fancy places that’s way above my pay grade.”

  My heart did a double thump, but I kept the smile on my face. “Fancy and new place? What’s the name?”

  “Kylie wouldn’t say; she wants to surprise me. But I did some pre-lunch detective work and found out. All the publicity this weekend apparently bumped Kylie up to the local A-list, and into a lunch reservation at that new place in Tribeca. The one with the hotshot chef and the six-month waiting list.”

  Oh boy.

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  Lisa Shearin is the national bestselling author of the Raine Benares novels, a series of six comedic fantasy adventures. Lisa is a voracious collector of fountain pens both vintage and modern. She lives on a farm in North Carolina with her husband, three spoiled-rotten retired racing greyhounds, and enough deer and woodland creatures to fill a Disney movie.

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