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Chapter 269
Chapter 269
Because despite everything — despite the threat —| don’t think | can stop either.
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“Okay,” | breathe, wrapping my arms around Kent and tucking my head under his chin, pressing my ear to his chest and listeningto his heartbeat. Kent pauses for a moment and then folds his arms around me, holding me lightly to him, a gentle grip that letsme know that if | want to run from him...! can..novelbin
“All right,” | sigh, giving in. “Until they leave, Kent. Until it’s settled, until they’re gone, I'll be your secret, and you'll be mine. Andthen, we'll...decide.”
“All right,” Kent agrees, tightening his hold on me in such a way that feels like...relief, more than affection, or ownership. Like hehas finally relaxed.
“But Kent?” | ask, turning my head up towards him.
“Hmm?” he replies, encouraging me to ask.
“Can you just be like...a little nicer to me?”
Kent laughs at this, apparently surprised. He looks at me curiously. “What? Have | been mean to you?”Chapter 269
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“Well, no,” | murmur, wiggling a little discontentedly beside him. “But Natalia — she is a...” | blow out a breath there, letting himknow precisely what | think Natalia is without having to say it. Kent laughs and hugs me tighter, pleased.
“Natalia is a dragon,” he remarks. “I thought you’ve been doing quite well against her, Fay — especially tonight, when you didn’tcry or run away after she told me about your little interlude with him
“She’s making my life a living hell!” | protest, ignoring his
mention of Ivan. “She’s so mean to me Kent — you don’t see half of it, because she saves it for when you're not around! Which isalways! | have to spend all day with her and it’s just insult, insult, insult!” | shake my head, amazed and frustrated.
Kent just laughs at me further. “All right, Fay,” he concedes. “I'll do a better job of being on your side, when | can. But | can’t bearound all the time, and if you're going to play the role of Daniel’s fiancé it’s your job to entertain his guests —”
no one“| never knew that!” | retort, pulling my hand up and smacking him on the chest. “No one told me
prepared me for any of this! | told her | can’t cook pasta, and she looked at me like | said | committed a war crime! | would havelearned to cook pasta! | mean, it can’t be hard — you just boil it, right?”
Kent laughs harder at this, at me, but not in a way that makes me feel bad. Instead, | feel heard by him, and like he’s helping mesee the lighter side of it. | can’t help the little smile that
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“She’s walking all over you, Fay,” Kent murmurs, bringing his face close to mine, “because you're letting her.”“I'm letting her —” | gasp, “you're letting her! And Daniel!”
“It's not our job to defend you,” he
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“Oh! Yes, a rival!” | say, crossing myarms and pulling away from hi
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“What?” Kent asks, a little grin on his lips, because he already knows where I’m going with this.
“About this,” | say, lifting my left handand waving it at his face, omengagernenh yrs Sit rched on it.‘Kad Whose finger it sat on beforemine!” The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!