Chapter 0273

Susie, apparently thrilled with the distraction, leaned forward to eat her cheesecake. After the first bite, Terry stopped her by raising his napkin.

“My dear, you have a touch of chocolate syrup right here…” He tabbed the napkin to the corner of her mouth. Susie went still as a statue.

I moved, ready to stand and do something, when Susie looked across the table at me and met my gaze. Subtly, she shook her head no. She was telling me to stop.

But why? To protect me? To protect us both if our standings should suffer?

Terry shouldn’t be allowed to treat people this way.

I looked at Nick, and his face was grim. He wasn’t eating either, simply glaring at his uncle.

dear?” Terry asked Susie in a low, sultry voice that made my skin crawl. “Go ahead and eat more. I’m right here, ready to

another portion of cheesecake. She lifted it halfway to her mouth,

“I’m not hungry anymore.”

it not to your liking?” Terry asked.

said again. She offered no more explanation, even

looked disappointed, he said,

and guests were brought into a sitting room to socialize. The princes were called in to give

served, but I declined both.

of the room, looking for all

you okay?” I asked.

her bottom lip with

he touch

head. “No

least, was a small

my chair for me, then pushed me in as I sat. When I was comfortable, he lowered himself in the chair

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