Laney made herself look as nice as she could and waited for Richard to pick her up and head to that restaurant. Acting in front of someone she didn't care about wouldn't be nearly as difficult. There was nothing to worry about.
She had thought he was exaggerating about how suspicious his grandpa would be of him dating anyone but he hadn't been. At all.
Howard Carrington was thoroughly convinced that someone like her couldn't possibly like someone like him. He was right, of course, but she had to convince him that he wasn't.
The man she loved was absolutely nothing like Richard. Greg was warm, funny, and liked to tease people.
Laney couldn't even imagine Richard laughing and he was as cold as ice. Even if she hadn't been stuck on the same man her whole life, she could never love someone like him.
