Evelyn’s POV
My first, initial thought was to decline. I didn’t really need to share another dinner where Olivia and Kane would be fawning over each other.
No, thank you.
Kane must have caught my trepidation. A small smile pulled at the corners of his mouth as he came around the work table. I closed the books I’d been reading and slid off the stool.
He took my hands in and led me out of the lab and down the hallway. He said nothing, yet his smile never faded.
“Kane, I don’t—”
“Hush,” he said lightly. “Just trust me.”
We made it to the dining room, where I half-anticipated there to be three dinner settings on the table. But, much to my shock, there were only two place settings out.
I glanced over at Kane, whose smile kept growing. He pulled out of my chair for me and waited until
