Female Novel
Chapter 253
Chapter 253
“No,” lvan responds, turning to look down at me and shifting his weight to knock his shoulder against mine. “Fifty bucks to theband leader to start playing the tango, which | know she can’t resist. Playing on a lonely girl’s teenage crush on the guy that herdad wants her to marry?” lvan’s eyes crinkle with humor as he looks down at me. “That was free.”
“Cruel,” | accuse, shaking my head at him a little but impressed despite myself. Ivan is, if anything, quite good at readingweaknesses before using them to move people around like pawns on his chess board.novelbin
“Worth it,” he says, slipping a hand out of his pocket and, unseen, dragging his fingers down the length of my spine until his handcomes to rest at the small of my back. “I’d have paid much more, after all, for the chance to chat with my best girl when she won'treturn my calls.”
“Oh, you called?” | reply, coy. “I’m sorry, | must have missed it.”
“Lies,” he whispers to me, but then he laughs a little. “l missed you, Fay.”And, damn it, but that old butterfly fleeing rises in my stomach.
And | have to admit to myself — | missed him too.
Chapter 253
“Come on,” Ivan says, shifting that hand on my back to my elbow and tugging me with him as he heads behind the little rosearbor next to us.
“Ivan,” | gasp, glancing around anxiously as he pulls me with him out of sight. “Stop! We can’t go back here!”
“Sure we can,” he replics, grinning back at me, a little danger dancing in his eyes. “No one saw — | made sure of it.”
2/3
“Ivan,” | growl, digging in my feet and trying to pull out of his grasp. “You’re going to get me — and everyone in big trouble!”
Ivan stops and turns to me, still smiling but shaking his head. “Would you just trust me for a second, Fay?” he asks, a littleexasperated. “I organized all of this — I’m the one who got your dad to come here tonight, and the Russians. Do you seriouslythink | don’t know how fucked we'd be if Lippert, or Alden, or anyone finds us sneaking away?”
His face drops now, becoming moreserious — like it was that morninwhen we woke HP| ahdde fol?’me torn filo he Lippert house. “I'mdoing this for a reason, Fay!” lvaninsists, “I have to talk to you.” Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
| hesitate, but then | nod, trustinghim. As much as Ivan is a player inthis game, | do — for some Leasen—trust th hg haerhy beet interests ath&alt! And maybe I’m a fool forbelieving him — maybe he’s trickedme too — but | step forward, ready tofollow. A genuine smile breaks outonto lvan’s face and | can’t help theThe content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!
The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!