Female Novel
Chapter 312
Chapter 312
“Hey, Fay,” lvan says, smirking at me as | cross the parking lot to him. His eyes sweep over me, as they usually do, as they didn’tyesterday. “I like your boots.”
“Thanks,” | say breezily, stepping close to him and unable to keep myself from grinning up into his face. “So glad you could maketime for me today, Ivan.” | murmur. “Considering you were so busy last night.”
“Ahhh,” he says, the corner of his mouth pulling up into that smile that makes my stomach twist as he looks down into my face.“But it worked, didn’t it?”
| laugh, shaking my head at him. “So that’s what it was?” | ask, a little miffed but pleased to hear that he wasn’t just disinterested.“A tactic to get me to reach out to you?”
“Well,” Ivan says, turning his head a little to the side, “if you didn’t text me afterwards, it was me holding on to my pride andmoving on with a very pretty brunette.” His smile deepens as | glare at him, unable to hide my jealousy. “But,” he continues,“since it did...”
Ivan lets his sentence trail off there, smiling down at me, shifting his weight to move even closer. And honestly, | forget to breatheas | look up into his eyes —
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“Ahem,” Jerome says, not even pretending to clear his throat and just saying the word. | jump a little bit but lvan stays very cool,keeping his body close to mine as we both turn our heads to look at Jerome standing there, his arms folded, shaking his head atus.
“Oh, hey Jerome,” Ivan says after a second, leaning away from me and giving Jerome a charming smile. “How are you, man?”| blink in surprise and see Jerome frown for a second. Honestly, | don’t think either of us thought that Ivan knew who Jeromewas.
Jerome opens his mouth to answer, but | interrupt, grabbing
Ivan’s hand.
“Come on,” | say, tugging him inward towards the stalls. “Come meet Heathcliff.”
Ivan grins at me and lets himself be lead along. When we arrive at Heathcliff’s stall | drop lvan’s hand to unlock the bolt, butwhen | turn to invite Ivan to come in | am surprised to see him standing right where | left him — about five feet away, in the middleof the aisle.
“Come inside,” | say, gesturing for him to come forward.
“I'm good,” Ivan says, grinning at me and holding up a hand. “I am...close enough out here.”Chapter
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“What?” | breathe, and then | laugh as | figure out that Ivan is afraid. My eyes flick to Jerome, who stops about ten feet behindIvan and he realizes it at the same moment that | do. “Oh my god,” I laugh, coming out of the stall towards Ivan. “You —”
“Um,” Ivan says, taking a step back and watching the dark stall warily. “Do you want to shut that door.“Ivan!” | laugh, grabbing his hand. “It’s fine! He’s a big softic —”
Ivan shifts his weight back into his heels and grimaces, actively resisting my pull. “Seriously, Fay,” he says, all pretense dropping.“lam amazing out there | can see him, he’s so pretty! But | am...good, admiring from afar.”
“Oh my god,” | laugh, rolling my eyes and tugging harder until lvan gives in and stumbles forward a few steps. “Big mafia boss,” |murmur, looking at him with a little vicious glee as | lead him. to the entrance to the stall door, “afraid of the world’s nicest
horse.”
And then | drop his hand as | go in topet Heathcliff, who nickers andnudges me eagerly with his nose,knowing I've got s\itvaKcubes'in mypocket." Se in,” | say to Ivan,rubbing a hand up and downHeathcliff's nose to give him a littlescratch and then moving to stand athis side, idly stroking his soft neck.“Seriously, he’s very gentle.” Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!novelbin
Ivan sighs and then warily steps intothe stall, looking at Heathclifflike he'sabom bout tordxpid e. "He's just avery large animal, Fay,” lvan mutters,crossing his arms and looking Thecontent is on NovelDrama.Org! Readthe latest chapter there!
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intensely uncomfortable. “Thebiggest animals limnuserl todrel!opts, Mayise So birrels. Chipmunks.”The content is on NovelDrama.Org!Read the latest chapter there!
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