CHAPTER 216

They were sweating bullets, their forehead moist with beads of perspiration.

"Mr. Romeo, give us another shot! We're really sorry!"

"We'll beef up the security, swear to God, this won't happen again!"

"We'd stake our lives on it!"

Romeo just tossed them a "Figure it out yourselves" and sauntered off with Rosemary.

"Thought you were going to put me down?"

"I'll hold you a bit longer." Romeo had a date planned with her on Saturday, which got royally screwed up by Ethan. Messing with his business was one thing, but messing with his date was a different

ballpark.

He wasn't going to let this slide!

"I'll take you somewhere else next time," Romeo said, his voice soft.

They'd been on enough rides at the amusement park.

"What do you usually do on weekends?" Rosemary asked, looking up at him.

"Before I met you, I worked."