Page 49 of Deathless & Divided

Damian smirked. “I like black.”

“I can tell. You could have given me a heads-up that you were coming today,” Lily said.

“It was a last minute thing.”

“So Dino said.”

“You can’t refuse an invitation with the boss, Lily, even if you have a million other things to do. He is the most important thing.”

Lily shrugged. “In his mind.”

Damian laughed under his breath, the sound coming out sexy and deep. “Well, we just don’t tell him that. Are you ready?”

“As I’ll ever be. What is the plan, anyway? Dino said something about a dinner at one of your uncle’s restaurants.”

“We have a show to go to first,” Damian said. “It’ll help pass the time before the dinner later. I figured we might as well take the chance to go out and actually do something together.”

“Oh?”

“Yes. How do you feel about ballet?”

Lily met his heated blue gaze and searched it for any kind of ulterior motive. Could he possibly know somehow that ballet was one of Lily’s favorite things? Damian didn’t give off a single hint that he was playing at anything again.

“I like ballet a lot,” Lily finally settled on saying.

“Have you seen Giselle preformed?” Damian asked.

“Once when I was a girl.”

“And not since?”

“Nope,” Lily replied with a smile. “But I remember enjoying it the first time.”

Damian flashed a sensual grin. “Let me be the one to reintroduce you, then.”

“Did you know the role of Giselle is considered one of the most sought after roles in a ballet dancer’s career?” Lily asked, never removing her gaze from the stage.

Damian lowly hummed his no. “I didn’t, actually. Why?”

“It’s a classic. One of the most favorite and memorable ballets. It shows true emotion and is an honestly beautiful dance. Even the music is amazing.” Lily caught the sight of Damian’s smile out of the corner of her eye. “What?”

“Nothing. I’m just glad you’re enjoying yourself, Lily.”

“Where did you get the tickets, anyway?”

“Theo, actually. His date for the day flaked on him.”

Lily’s brow rose high. “My brother had a date today?”

Damian laughed. “Hey, don’t come looking for answers from me. He didn’t say who, just that they couldn’t come. Theo’s always been private about that sort of thing, and I’m not the kind of guy who asks questions.”

Lily couldn’t help her curiosity. “I wonder who she is.”

“Someone, obviously.”

“Obviously,” Lily mocked, teasing.

“Like I said, I don’t know who his date was, just that it didn’t work out. Nonetheless, when I called to ask if he got a dinner invite to Laurent’s place—he didn’t, by the way—he asked if I’d be interested in taking you to a ballet. He didn’t want the private balcony tickets to go to waste and apparently you’ve got a taste for these things.”