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

to do – just not talk to

and I realize, suddenly, that this is what they both would have preferred.

in the air. “Are you guys serious? How the hell was I supposed to

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nobody told me I wasn’t supposed to talk to some guy named

at both of them then, though

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I continue, exhausted by the whole situation, “you two, 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 act precisely how you want

over my chest, just as they’re both

I see him sigh and

that I

a little ashamed

give

Daniel, not looking at him.

his mouth to protest, but Kent cuts him

not taking his eyes off of

his head and leaves without

me. I watch him go and then turn back to

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