Chapter 159

The next morning, I reach over and grab my cell phone off of the nightstand the moment I wake up, dying to see if Ivan texted me back. It’s not my burner phone, or my old cell phone which Kent took, but instead my Kent–approved cellphone, which I’m sure he monitors. But whatever- let him look. This is all part of his big

plan, anyway.

I bite my lip, trying not to smile when I see that I have a message waiting. Eagerly, I click on it.

Ivan: So, has he finally let you out of your cage, Fay? Of course I

want to see you. Pick you up at 8.

My smile drops a little as I read this and I sit back on my pillows, wondering why I feel…well, a little disappointed. I stare at Ivan’s text, reading it two and then three more times, sorting through my

emotions.

And I realize that I’m disappointed because there’s a third person

in this text, quite present if unnamed. Kent. It’s not just me and

Ivan’s secret liaison anymore.

as I lean against my pillows

been just me and Ivan, not ever – Kent and

dad were always involved, and Daniel too. But

that gap in space

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was…well,

this is suddenly a triangle. Kent and

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my cake and eat it too – to have

is that I’m the pawn in their games,

around.

Well.

for

I have Janeen. in my back pocket, and that she’s had loads of experience playing men against each other to get what she wants. And she told me precisely how to handle something like this. If Ivan’s going to bring Kent into

I pick up my phone again and send off a quick reply.

wherever we’re going. Can you send the address

is relatively quiet. I

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everyone is. But I shrug it off as

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