The Queen They Buried

Chapter 115

Chapter 415

“Take your clothes off,” Alice ordered.

Alice forced herself to stay composed. She wasn’t that nalve, carefree girl anymore. She knew exactly how to get Kyler to listen to her, and she wasn’t about to waste any time.

Self–interest was always the first rule when it came to dealing with people.

Kyler froze, clearly not expecting her to come out with that right off the bat. “Take everything off?”

Alice caught the way his cars turned red and felt a little delight, though she kept her face perfectly serious. “Of course. You’ve been an actor and done some commercials. I need to see exactly what I’m working with so I can design something that fits you perfectly,”

Is that really what this is about? Kyler thought to himself.

Fingering his collar, Kyler hesitated for a long moment. After thinking it over several times, he bowed slightly. I’m sorry. Ms. Diamonde, but I really can’t do that. If you just need a model, can’t I just put on the clothes once they’re finished and model them at the show?

don’t think we can work

knew she wasn’t going to let him walk away. She’d wanted to play it subtle, but Kyler

in unless he was

commanding aura. “You seem smart, so let me be blunt. Right now, you’ve got nothing. From what I’ve found out, you’re desperate for cash. Your family needs it, and so do you. Be with rue,

eyes flew wide, his pupils shrinking. It wasn’t the 15 million dollars

not the guy for this job,” he said, his voice tight with barely

million dollars! Alice’s looks and figure could easily put

be his sugar mama back in the day, he would have agreed in a

just curled his lip. Too bad. Ms. Miller’s offer is even better,

quickly collected himself and sent an email to Aubree, giving her a full rundown of what had just

two of them had no direct contact, not even any phone numbers.

you into a corner, Soon, the sick mother and gambling–addict father

have a gambling father and a sick mother, but the difference

trouble his older sister, who’d been sent to live with relatives

played out exactly as

Alice all this time, ended up giving her exactly the leverage