He Asked Me To Dress “Appropriately” For Dinner—Without Knowing Who I Was

and the conversation shifted to safer territory—the weather, the restaurant’s reputation, Emma’s work at her father’s investment firm. I listened more than I spoke, learning far more from what wasn’t said than from what was.

Richard casually mentioned their vacation home in the Hamptons, the sailing trip they’d taken to Greece, the charity gala they’d continue reading …