Chapter 159
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.
I drop my phone into my lap as I lean against my pillows to think. I
mean, it’s never really been just me and Ivan, not ever – Kent and
my dad were always involved, and Daniel too. But that afternoon
at the bar, during that gap in space and time with only the two of
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us in it, it was…well, it was really nice.
And, quite frankly, I don’t like the idea that this is suddenly a triangle. Kent and Ivan, with me in the middle.
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I sigh as I realize, quite suddenly, that I’m being kind of a brat. I’m trying to have my cake and eat it too – to have both Ivan and Kent in my life, but to keep them in completely separate spaces when
the reality is that I’m the pawn in their games, not the other way
around.
Well.
At least for now.
I smirk to myself just a little and remind myself that 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 it, then I’m going to double down.
Eagerly, I pick up my phone again and send off a quick reply.
Fay: No worries, I’ll come meet you wherever we’re going. Can you send the address to Kent so he can arrange the car?
When I come back from the stables that afternoon, the house is relatively quiet. I frown as I walk down the hall and up the stairs,
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wondering where everyone is. But I shrug it off as I reach the
landing, focusing on my evening and everything that I have to do to prep for it. Shower, then drying my hair, then…
As I turn to my door, though, I stop in my tracks. A little white box
is sitting on the ground, propped against it, a black bow wrapped around it this time. My stomach drops when I see it. I glance
furtively around, wondering who else has seen it – god, did Daniel
see it? Embarrassed, I rush forward, grabbing the box as I press through my door, shutting it briskly behind me.
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