very different conversation was happeni

harcoal mask covering her face. Her eyes were red and puffy

her voice muffled by the mask. "He has to be

lieutenant, was sitting on the floor, meticulously pa

out it. He's been your lapdog for months. He's probably tir

wide. "Chase him? I don'

walking out, he's trying to shift the dynamic. He wants you to feel ins

in her world. Everything was a transac

ered. "He looked right throu

practiced that look in the mirror for an hour. And the cold shoulder thing

relief. "So he's not

way he looked at you at the Zeta formal? He looked like he wanted

ooked at the blocked status on her

t you. You're a mess. Tomorrow, we're going to find out

s nose wrinkled. "That's

m. We'll go there tomorrow afternoon. We'll 'accidentally' be in the are

ing around her mouth. "You're right. H

of annoyance. Hettie didn't actually care if Brendon came back. S

pensive. But I'll make sure the bill goes to his fat

an we please get dressed? The p

She felt powerful again. She was the Queen, and Brendon Hampton wa

iera Richards sleep through the crack in her bedroom door, his h