Hey guys! So I want to apologize for the mustang mishap in the previous chapter. I swear I looked it up first, but I guess my brain just wasn't working properly... Forgive me?
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Rand took his time admiring the way Cassidy looked in the red dress that she wore. She looked good enough to eat. She was almost eye level to him in the heels she had on.
He loved her hair. He loved the way it fell down her back and over her shoulders in a waterfall of silky midnight curls. His hands itched to bury themselves in its mass.
"Hello beautiful." He greeted her with a smile. The smile she returned sent electric shocks down to the pit of his stomach. God, but she was beautiful. He'd been out with his share of beautiful women but Cassidy was just breathtakingly stunning.
"Hey there." She replied.
Rand held the flowers out to her and watched as her face lit up.
"Oh Rand they are beautiful! I love Violets." She said and buried her nose in the light purple flowers. "They smell heavenly. Why don't you come in while I put these in some water." she said and turned to walk back into the apartment.
It was a small apartment, but it suited her. It was utterly feminine. It was all ivory lace and sage green. It was simple and elegant.
He followed her into the kitchen where she was filling a crystal vase with water. She set the flowers in the vase and carried it over to and oak coffee table that was bare, save for a few books that had seen better days.
"So how was your day?" he asked when they left her apartment.
"Slow." she answered with a sigh. "I only had eight customers all day."
"Well eight is better than none."
She laughed and the sound made his stomach muscles tighten. Her laugh was incredible. He hadn't found a single thing about her that wasn't incredible.
"So where are we going?" she asked him as she climbed into his car.
"I was thinking that new Italian restaurant, Paola's I believe it is." Rand answered.
"Oh I love Italian. I've never heard of Paola's though." she said.
"You'll love it. I ate there last week. The food is amazing. It's not a real fancy place but the food is top notch. Their breadsticks will rock your world!" he told her.
"I can hardly wait." Cassidy laughed and ran a hand through her hair.
Less than ten minutes later they pulled up at a small building that had certainly seen better days. It was old and it seemed as if the roof would cave in at any minute. The owners thought it was charming. Rand thought it was dangerous, but the food, as far as he was concerned was well worth the danger.
"Umm, that has got to be a safety hazard." Cassidy said as she got out of the car.
"Oh, it's perfectly safe." Rand told her and grabbed her elbow. "I think."
Cassidy stared at the building that Rand was leading her into. It seemed as if it were falling apart. It definitely wasn't the fancy restaurant that she was expecting from Mr. Randon Alexander Mitchell the third, but she was almost relieved by that fact. It meant her face would more than likely not be in the tabloids the following day. That would be bad.
They were seated at a table in a corner by a pudgy little man wearing a suit that fit just a little too tight. He had a mustache that looked as if he were channeling Zorro. Cassidy thought he was charming.
"What can I get you to drink?" he asked and winked at her causing her to laugh.
"I'll have sweet tea please." She answered.
"I want a beer. Just whatever you have on hand is fine with me." Rand answered and gave her a quizzical look as the man walked away.
"I pegged you for a red wine girl." He told her.
"Oh I reserve on glass of red wine a night for my bath and that's all. I don't handle a drink very well." Cass admitted and wrinkled her nose as a rather unwanted memory of her dancing almost naked on a table at a collage party popped into her head. She'd been in a rebellion period.
Rand laughed. "Am I sensing a story behind that?" he asked and she quickly shook her head.
"Not one I will tell you!" she told him.
Cassidy looked over the menu and felt Rand's eyes on her. She looked up and raised an eyebrow.
"Have I told you how absolutely gorgeous you look?" he asked.
