Female Novel
Chapter 156
Chapter 156About fourteen minutes later, | study myself in the mirror, mystomach a mess of butterflies.
I'm better than | was about twelve minutes ago, though, when I'd been sitting on the floor drinking directly from the bottle of wine,hissing desperately into the phone to my sister while she tried
talk me down. Luckily, the combination of alcohol and sister logic eventually pulled me together.
“Get your ass up,” Janeen had ordered me, “put on that little outfit, and take charge. You're the boss, Fay, not him.”“Right,” | had gritted through my teeth. “Except he’s a literal mob boss. And I’m just —”
“Nope,” she had interrupted. “Not today. Today you're Fay, mob mistress, who gets precisely what she wants. Right?”“Right,” | had growled, briskly hanging up the phone and grabbing the scrab of lace before heading for the bathroom.
Honestly? It looks really good on me, | think, turning to admire the way the cheeky little bottom of the lace teddy curves aroundmy ass. | look — well, way sexier than | thought | would.
Suddenly, a light knock comes at the door and my eyes go wide.Chapter 156
Shit. My fifteen minutes are up.
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“Just a second!” | call, diving for the bed and grabbing the requested Prada shoes from their place on the duvet. Then, pullingthem on, | kick the empty lingerie box under my bed and
turn towards the door.
| take a moment to close my eyes and take a deep breath.You're the boss, Fay, | tell myself, my heart pounding in myribcage. You’re in charge. Not him.
The knock comes again.
| open my eyes.
“Come in,” | call. My voice shocks me by coming out calmer,deeper than | expected.
Slowly, the door opens and | see his figure standing there, silhouetted against the bright light of the hall. That’s when | realizethat I'm standing in complete darkness — apparently the sun had gone down completely while I’ve been in here. My eyes had justadjusted to the dark.novelbin
Kent pauses, looking into the dark room, and then flicks a light switch by the door, turning on two dim sconces that hang oneither side of my bed. The room is suddenly suffused with a pale orange light. My eyes go wide in it, seeing him standing there,one
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We just stare at each other for a moment, neither saying anything, and then Kent steps into the room and quietly closes the door.
My stomach turns over and | do mybest to control my breathing, to notlet Kent see the anxietgyoilin? ?“EVRbeneath skin: He slowly crossesthe room to stand before me, a junglecat prowling towards some curiosityit finds in the forest. The content ison NovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
“Good evening, Fay,” he murmurs,looking down into my face, achingoutah dto\prash’a Cort back frommy Shoulder. “You look lovelytonight.” The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!
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