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 said

that my words turned a few heads around me. People were eavesdropping our

They were judging me.

competition organizers keep us all very

possibly find time…”

I wouldn’t worry about them if I were you. Don’t forget

time and no

like Terry had said

know what Terry had tried to do to me, but I still

see how uncomfortable he was making

a hole and bury myself in it.

the eavesdroppers couldn’t hear, he added,

crawled at his possessive tone and the unwanted fire in his eyes as he dragged

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courage from the knowledge that he couldn’t touch me here, even though he

I screamed, everyone would look.

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

say that now. I’ll let you think

man. I

those given to me on the stage by

up my

top of the

Terry.

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