Chapter 54

“The one with the cookbooks? How did you meet him?”

“He’s Deke Trenton’s cousin.” She didn’t offer more information. She didn’t dare.

Her dad would figure it out anyway.

His eyes narrowed. “You didn’t tell me how you met him.”

“Dad, it’s really not important.”

“Bullshit. The reason you don’t turn off your phone when these reporters are hounding you has something to do with this guy. Why? You couldn’t have met Luc while you were away at school.”

Kimber pretended rapt interest in the TV. It wouldn’t be long now, and she wished desperately that something fascinating would flash on the screen and distract her dad. A beer commercial, despite the big-breasted blonde, wasn’t going to do it.

“You could only have met him through Deke. Why would you see Deke? He always had a hard-on for you and treated you like hell for it. Years ago, I told him if he touched you, I’d cut his balls off.”

Why didn’t that surprise her? She wished that was the reason Deke