Page 34 of Shades of Loyalty
“Do you want to go out with me?” he asks.
Uh… What? What the fuck, Daniel?
My startled expression makes him smirk, his way too attractive smile returning once more.
“I’m meeting with a friend and his wife in two days. We’re meeting at a restaurant, and I thought you might like to come.”
“I would love to,” I respond honestly before turning to sarcasm. “Glad that you trust me enough to let me go out in public.” He sighs. “It was never just about trust. You know that damn well, Jennifer.”
“Then tell me, Daniel. Why are you planning on takingme,exactly?”
His brown eyes lock onto my blue ones. “Who else would I take, pretty?”
I don’t respond. I don’t even know how to respond, to be honest.
His wife? He doesn’t have one.
His girlfriend? As far as I’m aware, he doesn’t have one either.
“You guys have money. Pay a prostitute, take her out, and fuck her afterwards. That’s what guys like you do usually, isn’t it?”
He shakes his head. “Oh, pretty… You have no idea what I’d risk if I did that one more time.”
I ignore the sudden clench in my chest at the wordsone more time.He’s done this before. Several times?
It doesn’t shock me much. He’s a fucking Don. Of course, he’s had a lot of women. That’s what I was referring to, in fact.
But…
Fuck. What is wrong with me? Why’d that even begin to bother me at any point?
“Why? What would you risk? Is it dangerous to go there, meeting that person?” I ask. Maybe that’s why he wants me to come. To get rid of me but not be the one to blame.
“My friend threatened me, so to speak. His wife is sick of the women I used to bring there.”
“What makes you so sure that she won’t be sick of me?” I continue to test his limits.
He licks his lower lip to get it wet. “I just have a feeling, you know. You’re a good person.”
Despite my doubts, I nod. “Well… Okay. Tell me when and where, and I’ll be there. But only if it’s really safe.”
Daniel smiles at my response, nodding gently before he takes my hand into his gently. He then lifts it up to his lips before blowing a soft kiss onto it, locking eyes with mine. My heart flutters in my chest, though I don’t want it to. Not really, honestly… But how could I resist when this man looks this beautiful? It’s tragic. Fucking tragic. But I don’t want to resist him. I know I have to. But I don’t want to.
“I’ll make sure to get you the prettiest dress you’ve ever seen in your whole life,” he says. “I’ll take such good care of you. Like nobody ever has before.”
I don’t have time to respond before he turns around and walks off, leaving me alone in the medical room.
A faint smile lingers on my lips for the rest of the day. Why? I’m not sure.
What I am sure of, though, is that most likely, I shouldn’t feel like this after Daniel asks me to go out with him.
Not to mention… the dress he said he’d get me.
I’ll take such good care of you. Like he didn’t do so when getting me an entire set of Dior makeup and body care products.
What kind of Game is he playing with me? And even worse, why am I starting to enjoy the idea of playing with him?
My mind makes it even worse. I want to behisplay figure to use. To make him win the games he’s been planning the entire time.
