"Shanna Swendson - Once Upon Stillettos" - читать интересную книгу автора (Swendson Shanna)

When Ethan returned to me, Henri approached him with a bottle of wine. "With our compliments, sir, and
thank you again for your assistance," he said with a thin-lipped smile.

"Glad to be of service," Ethan said, giving no indication that there was anything out of the ordinary about
the situation. "Now I'd better get her home. She seems to have had a little too much fun tonight," he
finished with a laugh. "Come on, Katie."

The floor refused to cooperate, and if it hadn't been for Ethan's steady guiding arm around my waist, I
probably wouldn't have made it to the exit without taking a bad tumble. The cool air outside made me a
little more alert, but the moment we were safely ensconced in the backseat of a cab, I suddenly felt very
sleepy. I rested my head on Ethan's shoulder, and he put his arm around me.

"Mmm, that's nice," I murmured.

"You're really drunk, aren't you?" I could hear the smile in his voice. "Sorry about that. It honestly wasn't
my plan to get you wasted. I just wanted to do something nice."

"You were trying to impress me," I said, only realizing after I'd heard the words that I'd said them out
loud. I was never going to drink on a date ever again.

"Yeah, maybe a little bit, since I don't think I impressed you so much on the first date."

"Why can't I have a normal date, one where magic isn't involved? Did I ever tell you about the frog guy?"

"No, you didn't. Maybe later. But wouldn't normal be boring?"

"That's what I used to think. Now it might be nice."
"Well, you can never claim there's no magic to our relationship," he said with a soft laugh. "I can't believe
we still haven't managed a magic-free evening. You're sure they were using magic?"

"Yep. I could feel it. There's a little tingle. Besides, did any of that look normal to you?"

"I don't know. I've been to some law firm parties that looked a lot like that."

I must have drifted off to sleep, for next thing I knew I felt cold air on my face. I opened my eyes and
realized that Ethan was carrying me from the cab to the front door. I then closed my eyes because the
movement made me dizzy.

Ethan pressed the buzzer, then Marcia's voice said over the speaker, "What?"

"It's Ethan, bringing Katie home. She's a little, um, incapacitated."

"Come on up."

Ethan gave me a little shake. "Katie? Wake up."

I forced my eyes open again. "Huh?"

"If you lived on the second floor, I might be able to carry you up, but I'm afraid the third floor is beyond