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"Sounds like you have a few stories to tell"

I thought she would probably get a kick out of hearing about the Super Bowl

But at that eous wohed as he took her hand and pulled her away, a huge grin on his face

I had a feeling another wedding wasn’t too far away

Chapter Thirteen

ABBY

The Tuesday night after the wedding, Nathaniel collared ot home He’d toldLuke DeVaan over for dinner Also as part of our experireed that Tuesday evening would be high protocol At least it would be once the children were in bed

So far it was okay, but I could already tell it wasn’t anything I wanted to do on a more permanent basis I felt it was too restrictive to do all the time

After Luke arrived, I went to check on Lynne and the kids We were doing a trial week, just to make sure we all wanted to have herout beautifully Satisfied they were all happy and well into the bedti room as silently as I could and dropped towith Luke, but rested his hand on the top of my head and stroked the back of my neck My head was down, so I couldn’t see Luke I closedso felt the stress of the day drain away

"Thank you for joining us, Abigail," Nathaniel said soood upstairs?"

"Yes, Master," I said with reat and Elizabeth asked if Lynne could stay forever"

Nathaniel chuckled "Lynne’s part of our New York group She’s staying this week as a potential nanny," he explained to Luke

"Sheup the stairs when I arrived"

"Yes, that was her," Nathaniel said "Apparently, everyone’s hitting it off well" He stroked my neck one ail?"

"Yes, Master But I wanted to come in here first to see if you and Master DeVaan needed anything"

"Unless Master DeVaan needs soood You can do what you need to do in order to finish dinner We’ll be in the dining room in fifteen minutes unless you tell us differently"

He’d told , while ere eating dinner with Luke at the dining room table I could assu down the protocol level for dinner

"Thank you, Master" I bent low and kissed his right foot

"You’re excused, Abigail"

I stood as gracefully as possible and went to check on dinner I’d roasted a turkey using a recipe I’d gotten from Dena She said Jeff ree, it sood I served it along with a squash and quinoa gratin and a big salad I quickly set the table for three and then stood and waited by Nathaniel’s chair