novelxo Chapter 334
Chapter 334
Daniel does eventually agree to come with me and we end up having a really pleasant day. He was mad, at first, that I let the boyfriend issue slip with his dad – but he eventually admitted that I was right, that Kent’s not knowing at this point is a choice of ignorance. He also wasn’t kidding about not liking animals, shying away from Heathcliff even more than Ivan did. But I get Daniel in the saddle eventually, laughing as he bounces around on my poor horse’s back, completely uncoordinated.
I’m still shaking my head at him as he drives us home a few hours later. “Seriously, Daniel,” I say, leaning back in the passenger seat and studying him. “How do you stay so fit for someone who is about ten inches from falling out of the saddle?”
“I was born beautiful,” Daniel murmurs, sending me a sarcastic little glance. “The gods have blessed me with this physique and never made me exercise a day for it.”
I look him up and down, remembering the pictures of young Kent that I saw yesterday and considering that that’s at least partially true. But I shake my head. Daniel isn’t nearly as muscled as Kent, but he’s not frail. “I don’t buy it,” I say as Daniel pulls through the gates and into our driveway. I narrow my eyes at him. “You work out secretly, I know it.”
“It’s not a secret, Fay,” he says, concentrating as he pulls the car into the garage and shuts it off. “I box.”
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“What!?” I gasp.
He turns to me, confused and laughing a little. “In the gym? Attached to my room?”
“You have a gym?!” I ask, my mouth falling open.
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“How did you not know this?” he asks, confused as he unbuckles.
his belt and climbs out of the car. “It’s through the far door in
my room
“I thought that was your closet!” I exclaim, climbing out as well and staring at him over the roof of the car.
“The closet is next to it,” he says, shrugging. “Honestly, Fay,” he says, giving me a dubious little look as we head into the house. “You should explore more. You live here.”
“Um,” I say, glaring up at him, “I don’t know what world you were raised in, but where I come from, there’s not a lot about a mafia mansion that says ‘freely explore me!“”
“Lies,” Daniel responds, closing the garage door behind us and putting an arm around my shoulders. “You do freely explore. For instance, I know all about your sneaky little mission to the weird porn room in the basement last night –“
I gasp up at him, blushing. “I was looking at family pictures!” I protest, but Daniel just rolls his eyes. And then we’re both laughing as we continue down the hall, but both of us are caught by the noise of voices from Kent’s office as we pass.
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As one, Daniel and I stop, our heads turning towards the cracked door.
“So, the order is on the way?” Alessi asks.