Alice had believed that would be the last time Aaron bothered talking to her. He never talked to people at events unless they directly correlated to his father's business. She was irrelevant to him. Or so she thought.
Aaron approached her again six months later at a cocktail party, shortly after arriving home from Boston for the summer. "Hello, Alice. Have you changed your mind yet?"
The arrogance of his wording was unbelievable. It was as if he expected her to cave into his demands all along. Well, she supposed he was Aaron Hale. He always got what he wanted.
"No and I won't do it," she said flatly. "Whatever weird thing you're planning…I don't want to be a part of it. Why does it have to be me?"
He blinked at her as if surprised but that was impossible. Men like him didn't get surprised.
