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.
you enjoying your dessert, dear?” Terry asked Susie in a low, sultry voice that made my skin crawl. “Go ahead and eat
off another portion of cheesecake. She lifted it halfway to her
sorry,” she said. “I’m not
Terry asked. “You wouldn’t want
again. She offered no
disappointed, he said,
room to socialize. The princes were called
and tea were served,
Susie and found her alone in the far corner of the room, looking for all the world like she hoped
you okay?”
her bottom lip with her teeth. “He is
touch
“No more than
was a small
then pushed me in as I sat. When I was
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