“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

words turned a few heads around me. People

They were

cleared my throat and softened my tone. “The competition organizers keep us

possibly find time…”

if I were you. Don’t forget

no one would

said something charming

they didn’t know what Terry had tried to

couldn’t see how uncomfortable he was making me.

to dig a hole and bury myself in it. Anything to get away from him and this

enjoy our time together, Piper” Softer, so the eavesdroppers couldn’t hear, he added, 1 cannot wait to add you to my

skin crawled at his possessive tone and the unwanted fire

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me. I had to save myself. I drew courage from the knowledge

I screamed, everyone would look.

chin, and told him, “You are going to be

you think what you want. But no one

I’m a powerful man. I get

to me on the stage by Lilliana and Olivia, and sent

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