Chapter 52


    Aaron shifted by my side. ncing at him, I could tell by the way his shoulders tensed that he was slightly


    ufortable with where the conversation was going.


    That piqued my curiosity.


    Ang continued, “Good thing you brought someone tonight. I’m sure it will keep the night alive.” She turned to me.


    “Catalina dear, I hope you are ready for some fiercepetition.”


    I sensed Aaron shifting some more. Which pushed my eyes to bounce from Ang to him. “Fiercepetition?” I


    repeated, thinking of Aaron’s words—“And that’s what you’ll be bidding on tonight, Catalina. Me.”—and piecing


    together that perhaps that was exactly why I was here.


    Aaron’s grip on his ss grew a little tighter. “Nothing you should worry about.”


    I watched him for a long moment, my curiosity doubling. Then, I turned to Ang, who was smiling with something


    that looked a lot like mischief.


    “Oh, but I’m not worried.” A smile tugged at my lips, one I was going to bet was very simr to Ang’s. “I’m always


    here for a good, entertaining story.”


    I heard Aaron’s resigned sigh from my side.


    Ang’s grin widened. “I think I’m going to leave the honors to do that to Aaron.” Then, she leaned and added in a


    hushed voice, “I’m sure his side of the story is all the more captivating. Especially the part nobody got to see.”


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    Before I could press for the details I was dying to hear, Ang’s attention was caught by something—someone—


    behind us. “Oh, there’s Michael. If you’ll please excuse me, I must go say hi.”


    “Of course.” Aaron nodded, body still all stiff, although he was probably d Ang was moving on to someone else.


    “It was nice seeing you, Ang.”


    “Yes,” I gave her a polite smile. “It was a pleasure meeting you, Ang.”


    “The pleasure was all mine, Catalina.” She leaned in and air-kissed my cheek. “Don’t let him off the hook too easily.”


    She winked and then walked away in the direction of the section of the rooftop where most people were gathered. A


    space filled with high tables that looked straight out of a design catalog and lines of wicker floormps that served as


    the only source of illumination.


    I turned to look at Aaron, finding that pair of blue eyes already on me.


    Pushing down the slight blush climbing up my neck, I cleared my throat. “I’m all ears, ckford.” I brought my ss to


    my lips and finally finished the sparkling wine I had been nursing for thest hour. “I think it’s time you fill me in.”


    Aaron seemed to think about his words for a moment. “As I’m sure you have already deducted, tonight’s main event is


    a bachelor auction.”


    “A bachelor auction,” I repeated slowly. “Just your run-of-the-mill Saturday night activity, I assume.”


    Aaron sighed.


    I rolled my index finger in the air. “Keep going. I want to hear the rest.”


    “I don’t think there’s much else to say.” He bnced his ss in his hand.


    “Well, forgive me, ckford, but I think there must be plenty. Plus, I want to make sure I understand the concept of


    tonight’s main event correctly.”


    He shot me a nce.


    I suppressed my smile. “Right. So, during this auction of yours then … bachelors are acquired, you say.”


    “Correct.”


    “By, I assume, single women and men?”


    He nodded.


    “For an amount of money,” I pointed out. “All in the name of charity, of course.”


    Another nod.


    I tapped my finger on my chin. “I just wonder … no, never mind. It’s stupid.”


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