Chloe’s shoulders went rigid for a moment before she forced them to relax. Alan glanced back, a question in his eyes as he held the door.
“If it gets too awkward,” he said quietly, “I’ll ask him to leave. We can skip dinner.”
“I’m fine.” Chloe had been steeling herself for this ever since she’d run into him in Caspia a few days ago. If she could encounter him in a foreign country, it was hardly a surprise to find him here. He had grown
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