Chapter 0185

“I can tell by the look on your face that you’ve been thinking about me,” Terry said.

My stomach twisted. The champagne I had enjoyed only a moment ago soured in my mouth.

Susie shrunk, half–hiding behind me. Terry didn’t even look at her, his entire attention was focused on

  1. me.

I didn’t reply to him. I simply stood there trying not to be sick on the ballroom floor.

Terry didn’t seem to mind. He continued on without even a dent to his smile.

“Congratulations, Piper. You’ve enamored two different brothers. No simple act. Though I can

understand why they are taken with you.”

I swallowed down the rising bile in my throat. “Thank you.” It was all I could manage. I knew what lied beyond his friendly façade, and now that the image of him had been permanently tainted, I struggled to

rebuild my own fake friendly face to deal with him.

“You must forgive me,” he said. “Our time was cut so short the last time we were together. But I am

hoping we can claim more along time again soon.”

rather not,” I

a few heads around me.

were

my tone. “The competition organizers keep us all very busy. I couldn’t

possibly find time…”

about them if I were you. Don’t forget who

chat at any time and no one would

laughed, like Terry had said something charming

blame them exactly, since they didn’t know what Terry had tried to do to

see how uncomfortable

a hole and bury myself in it. Anything

Piper” Softer, so the eavesdroppers couldn’t hear, he added, 1 cannot wait to

at his possessive tone and the unwanted fire

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courage from the knowledge that he

everyone would

I lifted my chin, and told him, “You are going to be

added teeth. “You say that now. I’ll let you

I get what I want.”

was a much greater threat than those given to me on the stage

shivers up my

from the top of the stairs. Everyone turned to

Terry.

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