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Chapter 118
Chapter 118“Fay,” Kent calls after me, shaking his head, but | ignore him, walking Heathcliff towards the stables.
| pass Jerome in the same manner, giving him a dirty look as well. He still presses his hand to his face, which is expressionlessas he watches me pass.
I'm not blameless in this, | know. | let Jerome continue, | liked the
way it felt when he paid attention to me, flirted with me, told me |
was pretty and let me wonder what it might be like to let him teach
me how to ride the way Western girls ride. What it might be like to kiss him at a campfire under the stars.But he knows better than that, and so do I.
I'm no cowgirl, even if | wanted to be. It's an impossibility.
Because I’m the daughter of one major crime lord and the fiancé of another. Where the hell did Jerome think this was going toend?
Where was the happy ending here, for either of us?
I'm fuming as | get Heathcliff into his stall, as | begin to take off his saddle and tack. Out of the corner of my eye | see Jeromepass the stall too, walking to the front of the stable where he had
parked the car a few hours ago.
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Jerome looks worried, as he goes, and catches my eye, but hedoesn’t say a word to me.
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I'm just so mad in this moment, as | continue to care for my horse. So angry and sad at myself all at once. And sore, physicallysore, where | fell on my chest and stomach.
Poor little rich girl, | think bitterly, my inner voice rich with sarcasm. Seriously, Jerome aside, what the hell did | think | was playingat? And what business did | have feeling sad, when so many people- Jerome included — had it so much worse than me?
After all, he was going to get the brunt of the punishment for this.
| was going to skate on by. Because again — I’m the daughter
of a major crime lord, and engaged to another. And Jerome is anobody. | feel horribly guilty as | think about it, where my choiceslead him.
“Fay,” Kent's voice surprises me, then, as he lets himself intoHeathcliff’s stall.
I'm too angry to speak and just glare at him before continuing with my chores, hanging up my saddle and then collecting mybrushes to groom Heathcliff after his ride.
“Fay,” Kent is angrier this time, clearly insisting on my attention.But he can damn well wait until I’m finished with my horse.
When | don’t reply, | can hear the anger grumble in his chest. But he leaves the stall, leaving me alone to finish my work. Insilence, |
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brush my horse, clean his feet, and check his water and hay to make sure that he’s all set for the night.3/3
I'm grateful to see, as | give Heathcliffhis final parting kiss on his nose, thatmy horse hag comaolvof'everythinguRstat He, unlike me, is againperfectly calm, happily relaxing in hisstall. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
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“What the hell were you thinking,” |hiss at him, striding right up to hi
so that we're only jnkHed abareglaring "to his face. “| could havebeen seriously hurt Jerome could beseriously hurt The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
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