Page 125 of In Love with a Ruthless Man

And another.

And another.

And another, again and again, until she had no choice but to temporarily pull over.

Fawn bowed her head, her temple bumping against the steering wheel.

He made her so, so happy.

If only she had the right to make him just as happy.

Out loud, she asked in a still-gruff voice, “What time are you coming back tonight?”

Ah. The prince’s face became expressionless, and so did his voice as he answered, “I don’t think I’ll be able to come back tonight.”

Fawn shot up straight. “O-oh?”

“After the kidnap attempt on Keanne, the others and I have decided that it’s even more important now to make Davos think everything’s still normal. So I’m going to throw an impromptu party at the Aehrenthal Hotel tonight.”

The prince’s coldly dulcet tones played inside the car like a beautiful melody that she couldn’t escape, and his words like invisible knives that she couldn’t stop from stabbing her.

He was throwing a party.

A party.

And she had been working for the prince long enough to know how that would go down.

Do you know what you’re saying, prince?

Do you know what you’re doing?

Do you know?

But the words remained trapped in her throat, and she heard herself ask, “W-why won’t you throw it here?”

Safe,Fawn chanted to herself desperately. She had to play it safe until she could figure things out.

“It would be too risky,” the prince answered briefly, “if we do it there since Beatrice Crichton’s still with us.”

“I see.” And she did see.

The prince stared at his phone.

Fawn had hung up on him.

He threw his phone against the wall.

This was the right thing to do.

The best thing to do.

The only thing to do when one was the Prince of Darkness.

IT WAS MIDNIGHT BYthe time Fawn made it to Aehrenthal Hotel, accompanied by Nathan Callis, Nick Christakos, and his lovely, soft-spoken fiancée Lilac York. As the limousine slowed down, Lilac put a pair of dark glasses on, making Fawn’s brows furrow.

“Do you have an eye condition?” she asked in concern.

Her question made Nathan smirk while Lilac blushed. Only Nick seemed unaffected.

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