SWNOVELS Chapter 110
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“Obviously, dad, that is not what I want,” he says, frustrated. “But
she betrayed us tonight – and made me look like an idiot!”
Kent’s eyes shift back to me. “Is that true?” he asks. “Did you
make Daniel look like a fool?”
I exhale, exasperated, spreading my hands innocently. “I didn’t do anything, okay? If anything, my father made Daniel look like a fool. The whole thing was a setup – he threw the party so that he could
introduce me to all his friends‘ single sons. By the time I figured it
out – what was I supposed to do, storm out of there?”
Kent nods slowly, figuring out the darker motives behind my father’s little party, considering the consequences for himself.
“Besides,” I say, shooting Daniel a dirty look of my own. “It’s not
like Daniel was playing Mr. Attentive Fiancé all night – he was off
playing volleyball for hours. What was I supposed to do – just not talk to anyone because he wasn’t at my side?”
Daniel and Kent both glare at me then and I realize, suddenly, that this is what they both would have preferred.
“Seriously?!” I exclaim, throwing my hands up in the air. “Are you guys serious? How the hell was I supposed to know any of this? I didn’t know who Ivan was until we were already talking with each
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other – and, to that point, nobody told me I wasn’t supposed to talk to some guy named Ivan anyway!”
I glare at both of them then, though neither flinch.
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“Honestly,” I continue, exhausted by the whole situation, “you two, you hold me to some seriously unfair standards. I don’t know these people, I don’t know what the rules are. And yet you expect me to intuit them and act precisely how you want me to.”
I shake my head, my lips drawing to a firm line, and then I cross my arms over my chest, just as they’re both doing. There’s silence between us as we all glare around in a circle.
Daniel gives first. I see him sigh and loosen his arms, putting his
hands in his pockets instead. He sees that I have a point and he
looks down at the floor, a little ashamed of himself.
Kent, however, doesn’t give an inch.
“Leave us,” he says to Daniel, not looking at him.
Daniel opens his mouth to protest, but Kent cuts him off..
“Leave us,” he repeats, not taking his eyes off of me.
Daniel just shakes his head and leaves without another word, not
even looking at me. I watch him go and then turn back to Kent.
“You’re on dangerous ground, Fay,” Kent says, his voice low.
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“Wha- why?” I ask, honestly confused. “Because I still can’t see
anything that I’ve done wrong – I just went to a party and talked to my father’s guests. If you didn’t want me to do that, then you shouldn’t have let me go to the party!”
Kent slowly shakes his head at me then. “No, Fay,” he says evenly. “You misunderstand. You’re not on dangerous ground with me. You’re on dangerous ground in this world.”
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