Chapter 110

“Obviously, dad, that is not what I want,” he says, frustrated. “But

she betrayed us tonight – and made me look like an idiot!”

Kent’s eyes shift back to me. “Is that true?” he asks. “Did you

make Daniel look like a fool?”

I exhale, exasperated, spreading my hands innocently. “I didn’t do anything, okay? If anything, my father made Daniel look like a fool. The whole thing was a setup – he threw the party so that he could

introduce me to all his friends‘ single sons. By the time I figured it

out – what was I supposed to do, storm out of there?”

Kent nods slowly, figuring out the darker motives behind my father’s little party, considering the consequences for himself.

“Besides,” I say, shooting Daniel a dirty look of my own. “It’s not

like Daniel was playing Mr. Attentive Fiancé all night – he was off

do – just

both glare at me then and I realize,

hell was I supposed to know any of this? I didn’t know who Ivan was until we were already talking with

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I wasn’t supposed to talk

of them then, though neither

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you hold me to some seriously unfair standards. I don’t know these people, I don’t know what the rules are. And yet you expect me to intuit them and

my lips drawing to a firm line, and then I cross my arms over my chest, just

gives first. I see him sigh and loosen his

his pockets instead. He sees that I

floor, a little ashamed of himself.

give an

us,” he says to Daniel, not looking at him.

mouth to protest, but Kent cuts him off..

taking his eyes off

head and leaves without another word,

I watch him go and

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