Fuck. What's she doing here?
Then he remembered. When Sophia had mentioned she was helping him shop for clothes for the Yacht Club party, Lily had mentioned that she was going as well. For some reason he'd forgotten about that shortly after.
As soon as Lily saw Jack, she stalked towards him.
Not wanting Katie to be blindsided by whatever Lily was going to say, he wrapped his arm around her waist, pulled her close, then leaned down and whispered in her ear.
"I rescued Lily from being raped. I'll tell you more about that later. She is obsessed with me now, and her grandfather wants me to marry her. I refused and only managed to get them to back-off when I promised to spend time with her only after she turns eighteen."
Katie stiffened when he mentioned marriage and turned to look at him worriedly when he finished.
"Marry?" she asked.
"Not gonna happen," he said firmly. "The girl is entirely too selfish for my taste."
Katie smiled and relaxed.
