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her not to leave him, but when the door shut behind Sloan, he knew this was going to be bad. He looked at Lady Mantle and tried to think what to say to her.
    It wasn’t as if she had ever been mean to him. Or for that matter, he’d never done anything to piss her off. But she intimidated him to no end. And his wolf too. When she leaned back in her seat, Lee sat up straighter in his.
    “I need something from you.” He told her anything. “Don’t be too hasty. It’s not a small thing that I ask you. It involves a woman that I loathe and her grandniece.”
    “I’m not going to date her.” Lady Mantle laughed. “I’m sorry. That came out very wrong. But I don’t enjoy being set up, because it usually turns out badly for both of us.”
    “I’m not that devious; and besides, you’re much too handsome to need someone like me to set you up. No, this is about the grandniece, as I was saying. She’s coming here soon to live with her aunt, and I don’t want her to feel…I should explain something first. Kimberly Schroeder, have you heard of her? She lives on the other side of town from here.”
    “The older lady that walks around thinking that her money is too good to part with?” Lady Mantle laughed and Lee flushed. “You bring out the worst in me. I’m not sure why, but I feel like a babbling idiot whenever you’re around me.”
    “Why is that?” He told her he had no idea and she smiled at him. “I like you, Lee. Very much. Your father did a good job raising you, as did your mother, but I think you’ve learned a great deal on your own. And I’m betting that there is a great deal that your family does not know about.”
    He said nothing, thinking it was the best way to deal with this. Lee also knew that, like her granddaughter, she could read his mind and his thoughts without much effort. Sometimes it was creepy the way that Addie could tell what was going to happen long before it did. He looked at Lady Mantel when something occurred to him.
    “This woman, this grandniece, is she my mate? Are you setting this up so that I meet her and we live happily ever after? Because if you think that’s what is going to happen, then you should know that I’ve no desire to meet a woman this way. Fate might be showing you her hand, but I don’t need to know it.” Lady Mantle only smiled. “I’m not sure I like that anymore than when Addie does it.”
    “I have never met the girl, to be honest with you. I just know that she’s on her way here, and when she does arrive, it’s going to go badly for her for a time.” He nodded and asked her what she needed for him to do. “I would like for you to make sure that if she needs someone, I can depend on you to…to help her. As you may have noticed, Kimberly is not the nicest person in the world.”
    “No, she’s not. But what sort of help do you think I can offer her? And let’s stop beating around the bush, please? I have enough on my plate at the moment.” When she nodded at him, he felt like a butterfly pinned to the wall. He nearly told her he’d changed his mind about helping her, but she spoke first.
    “Her name is Kimber Gray. And she’s a chef that is out of work.”
    Lee felt himself nodding, and he might have even said something, but the next thing he knew, his brother was yelling at him to breathe and Sloan was crying. When he stood up, it was all he could do not to run and never come back.

 
    Chapter 3
     
    The limo driver just stared at her. She had a feeling that her aunt had told him not to help her in any way. She was fine with that. Kimber decided that she was home now, and that if her aunt was going to play games, she could as well. Hannah pulled on her sleeve and she looked down at her.
    “I’m hungry and I have to go to the bathroom.” Nodding, Kimber asked the lady at the outside desk if there was a ladies’ room close. Nodding as the lady pointed her in the right direction, Kimber lifted up her two bags and her daughter’s one and