her previous excitement evaporat

e center of her bedroom, her emerald dress catching

rp and unyielding. "You didn't realize you were

idual tension in Celine's eyes, she wisely backed down. She pulled the doo

at a high-end Mayfair restaurant was a massive oversight, even if Celine had somehow ended up getting dropped off in a dark May

s absolute favorite luxury salted caramel ice cream

: Kylie, thank you for meeting me tonight. To be entirely honest, I just didn't feel the right vibe between us, and

botage job worked perfectly! Williams was completely put off, he was addressing her as

, Kylie knocked gently o

ine called out

bed, her shoes off, running her fingers through her dark waves. Kylie walked over and sat down beside

fered softly. "A

a little bit. She took the spoon, scooped up a generous bite, and

e before looking at Kylie. "Fine but be careful next time.

, placing a hand over her heart. "I

bows on her knees as she looked at her best friend. "An

aucers, and she let out a high-pitched, fran

bbing Celine by the shoulders and shakin

rowing in utter confusion. "What? Why

of a massive luxury fashion house and owns one of the biggest high-end jewelry brands in Europe! He's literally on the cover o

ustom suit, his intimidating baritone voice, and the sleek Maybach flashed through her mind.

ittering with wild curiosity. "Did

ng up. "He waited in his car across the street u

e shifting into pure excitement.

ice cream tub. The memory of his warm fingers brushing against her chee

ured softly. "I'm

e's. "He dropped you off despite what happened, and then he waited un

ger gaze. A small, subtle smile fina

sheer absurdity of the night, before Kylie finally stood up, squeezed Cel

silk pajamas. She washed her face, untied her hair, and crawled u

t her alarm, the screen lit up with a

s flip against her ribs. She tapp

my love. I find myself unable to stop thinki

r fingers hovering over th

reply, another text po

about I see

pillows, a confident, teasing smirk curling her lips as she framed her response. If thi

ped back

where I live, so it's only f

ugging her phone to her chest with a q