“Fiancée?”Terri gasps.
I turn to Sebastian, his anger on full dial, his face red.
The sheikh shakes his head and walks away.
“I can fix this—”
“You can’t fucking fix this!You need to just stay out of this,” Sebastian yells.“Get them out of here.”
What?
A sob works its way inside my chest as my world falls apart.
No.
Mason reaches for me, and my legs wobble.
“In fact, take Emily home.”Sebastian snarls, ripping the blue diamond off my finger.“Toherplace.”
No!
I feel the earth shake beneath my feet as I tremble and a tear falls down my face.
“Goodbye Emily.”Sebastian turns his back to me.“Victor, come with me!”
Mason ushers me out of the ballroom and the world is a blur as I hear Terri say,fuck all of youand that she’s taking a cab home.
I don’t look at her, I just stare at the ugly carpet as she leaves.I have nothing to say.
I did lie.
I lied for him, and he’s thrown me away like I’m a disposable pair of gloves.Like I mean nothing to him.
Em, stay with me longer.
A sob escapes as I remember the way he looked at me just minutes ago.The clear desire and emotion spoke of much more than our chemistry.
Tonight, I want to take you home and make love slowly, savoring every inch of you.
Finally, his words matched what I was seeing and feeling.
Then Terri arrived.
His anger was so sharp, and I don’t understand why it was directed at me.
Why?
It’s Victor who has betrayed him.
I’d even understand him being angry at Terri for showing up in the middle of the event when she could’ve waited until the morning.Clearly she was scared, but it has ruined everything.
She feels betrayed, I get that, but as I blink, my chest aching and my brain catching up with the extent of the damage that’s been done, I’m a little angry with her myself.
Goodbye Emily.
Mason leads me to his waiting vehicle, and I lift the red silk of my dress and climb in.Looks like this Cinderella is heading home to her pumpkin.
Mason shuts the door, and the car pulls away, heading toward Sebastian’s penthouse.It’s awkwardly quiet for a few minutes, but I don’t give a flying fig.
