Chapter 103

“A…beach party?” I say, cocking my head to the side as I study

the note.

“It’s about an hour away,” Kent says, watching me closely as I read. “Friends and family, apparently.”

I look up at Kent my eyebrow raised. “Did you…read my mail?”

He stares at me impassively, not needing to confirm. I study the envelope, wondering how the hell he re–sealed it, and then why

he bothered to reseal it…

“Fay,” Kent says sharply and I look up to see that he’s frustrated

with me.

As usual. “Are you going to go?”

I look back at the invitation and see, in particular, that it’s made

out to me. No mention of Kent or Daniel. Apparently, it’s a private

party.

“Am I…allowed to go?” I ask, looking back up at him.

Kent shrugs. “I’ll send you with my guards, of course. But there’s no real reason to refuse. Unless, of course, you don’t want to.

You’re not a caged pet, after all.”

Kent says the final words ruefully, but my lips crook into a smile,

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lanugage from this morning. He was listening,

realize. He’s trying.

say, moving towards Kent and then past him, walking down the hallway to where a man is waiting by the front door. “Åre you the messenger my father sent?” I ask cheerfully.

a little,

tell my father that I’m happy to

messenger nods, reaching for the handle of the door so he

go deliver the

say, and he stops, turning back to me. “Would you please tell my father that we might be a few hours late? I apologize – I just got the invitation now, and it will take us

hesitates, and then ventures a word.

say, turning for the stairs. “My fiancé will

Kent out of the corner

Apparently, he

“I can’t believe you agreed to this

“I hate this kind of stuff,

I say, nudging him with my elbow. “How can you

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a barbeque. At the beach.”

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laugh at him, smoothing out the wrinkles in my blue–and–white striped skirt, which I’ve paired

little white crop–top.

has paired with a little white

this adorable outfit just magically appeared in my room after my shower, complete with a wide–brimmed straw hat. Now that Fiona is gone, Kent has no plausible

he selects my clothes for me.

has immaculate

pretty,” Daniel says, looking at

his eye.

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