Page 486 of Dark Love

“You two going away together already?”

What?

Max nods to the screen.

Why is Dahlia taking her suitcases out of the foyer closet?

A Phone Call And A Fight

Dahlia

The storm brewing in my stomach doesn’t bode well for dinner tonight. The fact that Max was so positive Vex is going to hit Adonis doesn’t help. I need this to go well.

“Mindy,” I whisper when she hangs up.

“What’s up?” She takes her headset off and turns to me.

“Are you going to the club tonight?”

“Why? Wanna come?”

No! That’s the last thing in the world that I ever want to do. “I’m going to dinner with the crew.”

“Where are they going this week?”

“A steak house.”

Her nose wrinkles.

“Please come. Vex is—”

“VEX!” She gapes at me and then whispers, “You’re dating Vex.”

Dating feels like such a small word for what we’re doing. “Yes.”

“I’m so winning that bet and coming to dinner tosee this.”

Why does it feel like I just made everything worse?

My phone rings, saving me from having to respond to Mindy, “You’ve reached 911. What is your emergency?”

“It’s good to hear your voice again, beautiful.”

The pit of my stomach falls out as a shiver runs down my spine. “You’ve reached 911. Please state your emergency.”

“Do you want to be my friend?”

No. Stay professional. Don’t let him know that he’s getting to you. These weirdos feed off of that. “Please state your emergency or I will disconnect this call.”

“You’re so sexy when you say—”

I hang up the phone and log out.

My hands start shaking.

“Prue, are you okay?” Mindy turns to me.

“He called again.” The weirdo called again.

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