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I want to have my way with the judge and jury.”
        He had smiled at her again, instantly putting her at ease. And Avery, still embarrassed, had smiled back at him, shyly.
        “On second thought, I will accept your apology, but only on one condition.”
        And Avery, still smiling at him, had asked. “And what might that be.”
        “That you have dinner with me. It’s either that or my dry cleaning bill. And it will be costly.”
        “Dinner sounds like the better alternative,” Avery had told him with another wide grin, completely mesmerized by his easy charm, handsomeness, and unpretentious sophistication.
        “A very smart lady, you are. So, it’s a date then.”
        “It is a date.”
       They had exchanged telephone numbers soon after. Well, Will had asked for her number, and he had handed her his business card with his home and cell phone numbers scribbled on the back. Then they had headed off in opposite directions—Avery to teach her Victorian class that she was already ten minutes late for, and Will out to his car to get the extra suit.
     
      She had tucked the card in a corner of her leather handbag. She doubted she would call him, and he probably wouldn’t call her either. Men like Will didn’t fall for naïve college teachers. They went for hot models, Hollywood babes, or lawyer chicks, women who were on the same professional and social level as they were. And she wasn’t going to throw her race into the mix, because she was a firm believer that love was color blind—you didn’t choose the person you fell in love with—it just happened. And being of mixed parentage had never held her back from dating a guy she liked in the past, and she most certainly wasn’t going to let it be a determining factor now.
     
        She knew she wasn’t plain looking, either—she was far from it. With her shoulder length thick, black curls, light brown, flawless complexion, full lips, small pointed nose and thin shapely frame, she was never short of men approaching her for a date.. But none of those men were like Will. They were all average Joes who not only looked the part, but acted it as well. And she had made it a rule to never date married men, including some of the men she worked with.
     
      Later, she had convinced herself that dinner with Will was just that, dinner. Besides, she hadn’t seen a ring on his finger. And she wouldn’t have accepted his invitation if she was seeing someone herself. She was completely single and free as a lark. She could mingle with any man she chose. And she had chosen Will. Besides she couldn’t tell the last time she had fun or went on a date she actually enjoyed. Her last relationship, if she could actually call it that, had been two years before.
     
      She had dated on and off since then, but none of the guys she had met seemed quite right for her. They either wanted to jump into bed, minutes after meeting her, had a girlfriend they had failed to tell her about, or were looking for an open relationship and a quick hook-up. So, yes, she was looking forward to a change in pace. A huge part of her was even hoping that her date with Will would lead to something more. Besides, what harm could come from sitting in a nice restaurant at a table with him, enjoying a sumptuous meal and an expensive bottle of wine? One evening with him wouldn’t change anything about what she could now safely consider her dismal love life. She hadn’t done anything exciting in months.
     
       She could also come up with more than a few good reasons why having dinner with Will wasn’t such a bad idea to begin with, either. He had a job. She definitely wouldn’t be footing the bill or splitting the cost for dinner this time. And Will didn’t seem like some of the jerks she’d had the misfortune of going out with recently.
                  

Four
     
         To think of it, Avery had been hearing quite a lot about William Chandler III.