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you?” Ian asked, wrapping his arms around Lily and pulling her close.
    “Gee, how could you
tell?” Lily half heartily attempted to pull out of his embrace before leaning
back against his chest and allowing him to wrap his arms around her waist. He
rested his chin atop her head.
    “First clue was the way
you hurled the shoes at her. Considering those heels, that might be considered
attacking her with a deadly weapon.”
    “And you thought those
were Danielle’s gaudy shoes?” Lily scoffed.
    “You failed to tell me
Marlow House had its first house guest. But obviously you are not thrilled with
Danielle’s cousin. Why?”
    “For one thing she
plans to challenge Dani for half of the estate.” Lily turned around in Ian’s
arms so that she could face him. Wrapping her arms around his neck, she pulled
his face to hers and brushed a kiss over his lips.
    “She is? Interesting.”
Ian brushed a second kiss over Lily’s mouth.
    “I saw the way you were
checking out her boobs,” Lily whispered.
    “Hey, you can’t blame
me. They were…well there…practically in my face.” Ian gave her a little
squeeze.
    “You didn’t have to
offer to take her to the beach.”
    “You can go with us,
you know. I’d rather spend the afternoon with you.”
    “No, I have too much to
do.”
    “She might try to take
advantage of me.”
    “Well, you’re a big
boy. I don’t have any claim on you.” Lily nipped Ian’s lower lip.
    “Ouch!” Ian ran his
tongue over the injured lip. She hadn’t drawn blood. “Are you jealous?”
    “Not my style,” Lily
hugged him a little tighter.
    “Could have fooled me,”
Ian whispered into her ear before nipping her earlobe.
    Lily pulled back and
looked into Ian’s face. Narrowing her eyes she said, “You were trying to make
me jealous!”
    “I wanted you to spend
the afternoon with me. I was jealous of Danielle.”
    “Oh my!” Cheryl called
out from the doorway, surprised at what she was seeing.
    “You ready to go?” Ian
asked, still holding Lily in his arms.
    “Umm…yes…I mean…are you
two…?”
    “Are we, Lily?” Ian
asked, looking down at the woman in his arms, a mischievous grin on his face.
When Lily’s only response was a blush, Ian said, “I’m quite mad about
redheads.” Ian gave Lily a grin. He dropped a kiss on her nose before releasing
her.
    “Lily, when you and
Danielle are done doing whatever you have planned today, go out to dinner with
me tonight, okay?”
    Lily glanced from Ian
to Cheryl, who stood silently in the doorway, a perplexed expression on her
face.
    “It’s a date, Ian. Have
a nice walk. I’ll take good care of Sadie.”
    “I know you will.” Ian
reached out and gave her pony tail a playful tug as he prepared to leave.
    Lily and Sadie followed
Cheryl and Ian to the front door, and said good bye one final time. Ian and
Cheryl made their way down the front walk to the street. For a moment Lily
considered changing her mind and going with them, but she really didn’t want to
spend time with Cheryl, and she figured if Ian decided he was interested in
someone like Cheryl, she wouldn’t want him anyway. When Ian and Cheryl reached
the front gate, Lily closed the door and went into the house to find Danielle.
Sadie raced off ahead of her, charging up the stairway to the attic.
     

Chapter Six
     
    Danielle was just
getting off the phone when Lily entered the kitchen.
    “Did she leave?”
Danielle asked.
    “She went with Ian to
the beach,” Lily said.
    “Ian? You let her go
with Ian?”
    “Well, I don’t exactly
own him.” Lily shrugged. “Although I admit, the idea did make me uncomfortable
at first.”
    “It should. I never
told you, but she hit on Lucas at our rehearsal dinner.”
    “You’re kidding?” Lily
glanced at the door, wondering for a moment if she should get down to the
beach.
    “That was before Lucas’
wandering days—at least I think so. He was pretty horrified and she claimed
she’d had too much to drink and it was