Where Did You Hire That Girl?

Laney was in actress mode again before they met with Howard. She held his hand with her left and shook his grandfather's offered hand with her right as she smiled warmly at him. 

"Hi! It's so nice to meet you, Mr. Carrington. I'm Laney." 

"So I've heard," Howard said suspiciously. "How did a pretty girl like you end up with this one?"

Laney laughed and leaned against Richard. "Aww, he's not so bad!" 

"How did the two of you even meet?"

"At a coffee shop. I was being a total klutz and spilled my drink on him. I tried offering to pay for dry cleaning but he insisted he could do it himself. I felt terrible though, like I had to do something, so I offered to buy him lunch later instead and the rest is history."

Howard raised an eyebrow. "And you actually let someone buy you lunch?"