Chapter 127

“Oh!” I says, and then I give Kent a big smile. I’m excited, after all.

“Out, actually! Daniel just came by and asked me if I want to go to

dinner.”

Kent smiles at me then, just raising the little corner of his mouth. “The black, then,” he says, nodding towards a little minidress still hanging in my closet. “That’s better, for a city dinner.”

I considers the dress, which is really just a scrap of fabric. I pull it out and look it up and down. “You don’t think it’s too…” I say,

hesitating and looking up at him, a little embarrassed. “Well,

slutty?”

Kent laughs a little at this, leaning against my door frame. “The

whole point of going to a chic restaurant in the city is to wear a

dress like that and make your boyfriend jealous when all the other

men stare at you. That’s why a dress like that exists.”

I look back at the dress then, surprised and a little excited. I had

never thought about it that way. I sneak a little glance at Kent,

then, still leaning there in my doorway, wondering what he’d think

on Daniel’s arm, in this

take it

bed, the question

my vanity but stop

Chapter 127

next question.

to marry Daniel?”

at him, totally confused.

issue. “Do you want

him?”

2/3

of this

to plan my next words. “I didn’t realize that I had

say, keeping my voice quiet.

say yes at the altar,”

and

then, realizing very suddenly that this isn’t

That this is a negotiation.

folding my arms over her chest.

go to my father’s house,” I say, evading

want to stay here.”

this is really about. Kent, I know, could care

Daniel – our wedded

it’s

says, his eyes drifting down over

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