Chapter 279

“What’s this?” I ask, taking one off the tray and smiling at the

servant.

My father tsks as he takes his own drink, waving a hand for the servant to leave. “A sin,” he says, smiling and shaking his head at me. “For my daughter to not know Aperol when she sees it.”

Curious, I take a sip from the little straw poking out of the glass and my eyes go wide when I realize how good it is. “Oh my god,” I say, looking down at it. “Oh wow, it’s delicious.”

“Of course it is,” my father laughs, patting me on the knee. “Aperol, prosecco, and tonic. A shame your Daniel has not taught you this.”

and Kent drink more whiskey than anything else,”

my father says, wrinkling his nose in distaste. “A betrayal

getting why that matters, but…whatever. I put the phrase in my

daughter,” my father says, turning

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visit to see your brother, though I’d be happy if it was. The

shrug, not admitting or

you?” my father pushes. “To convince me, again, that your engagement to him is real? I am not fooled, Fay,” he continues, his voice taking on a

that it’s been

the bench before I look up into

a better match than

think of my father thinking of me and Ivan in

turn your head in a new direction. Not to Ivan, if that’s

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