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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morning.

realize. He’s trying.

towards Kent and then past him, walking down the hallway to where a man is

a little, which I assume

smiling innocently. “Please tell my father that

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

go deliver the

please tell my father that we might be a few hours late? I apologize – I just

hesitates, and then

the

see Kent out of the corner of

he

the car. “I can’t believe you agreed

“I hate this

on,” I say, nudging him with my elbow. “How

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At the beach.”

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

little white crop–top.

I should say, Kent has paired with a

room after my shower, complete with a wide–brimmed straw hat. Now that Fiona is gone, Kent

he selects my clothes for

he has immaculate taste.

look pretty,” Daniel says, looking at me from

his

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