Chapter 34

I don’t know how Gabbi does it, but he gets us a table at Daniel’s restaurant. I know that Daniel is supposedly a great friend of Gabbi’s family and all, but the place has a wait list that is month’s long. It makes absolutely no sense to me that Gabbi is able to get us a table on such short notice.

But here we are, in the opulent kitchen, sitting at the coveted chef’s table.

The second that Daniel saw us, he came over and gave me a huge hug and kisses on the cheeks in the European way. “Quinn! It’s been so long. Look at how beautiful you are. Isn’t she beautiful Gabriele?”

“More beautiful every time that I look at her,” Gabbi says and I can’t help the blush that colors my cheeks.

But Daniel doesn’t stop there. He gets a stern look on his face. “How could you not come to see me in all this time?”

“I’m sorry, Danielle. It just hurt, you know?” I tell him.

“Oh, I know, sweet girl,” Daniel tells me, kissing my cheeks once again. Then he turns to Gabbi with an even more st