Page 149 of In Love with a Ruthless Man

After bribing the restaurant manager to lend them their office and look the other way for a thousand dollars, the prince and his fawn had the most explosive ten minutes of their life, with the prince immediately fucking her against the wall and after, making each other come with their mouths as they did a 69.

Upon leaving the manager’s office, Fawn had mumbled, “You’re too jealous, prince.”

But he had only laughed, purring into her ear, “You wouldn’t have me any other way.” He had expected her to argue, but instead she was frowning worriedly at him.

“You do know there’s nothing to be jealous about...right?”

Ah.

She really was an idiot, the prince had thought, to worry about his feelings when between the two of them, she was the morevulnerable. Ever since that first night they had fought over her going out to meet Bennett, she had made a promise to him—-

Did you kiss him?

Never.

And it was a promise he knew she would never break.

Whatever she did—-

Whoever she was with—-

She would not betray him.

If only he could keep his promise not to make her cry as well.

If only.

But some things were not meant to be, and the time to leave her came sooner than he had hoped.

THE DAY OF THE EVENTthat the prince’s friends were hosting on behalf of the student council dawned bright and clear. Fawn was excited to leave, telling him that she had never been a part of something so big. Although Grant and his family regularly organized such events, Fawn had never been invited to take part behind the scenes, and she had not expected to. For as long as she was not officially married to Grant Bennett, she was – as far as the whole world was concerned – the hired help.

“Which is why this is different,” Fawn told him giddily while practically slurping her cereal in her hurry to finish it. “I think it’s so cool that we’ve accomplished something this huge in areally short time and—-” She stopped speaking as the prince calmly used his napkin to wipe bits of cereal around her mouth.

When he pulled away, she grimaced, saying sheepishly, “Sorry for being a messy eater.”

“It’s alright,” the prince said silkily. “I’m already used to it and I even find it quite adorably grotesque—-”

In the middle of drinking her orange juice, she ended up spewing it, but again the prince was prepared for this, turning away just the right moment.

“Oh my God, I’m so sorry—-”

He waved away her offer to help, murmuring, “I’m fine. Not even a single drop’s reached me.”

“Oh. That’s great. But...” She tried to stop herself from speaking but in the end she couldn’t help it, blurting out, “Do you really find me grotesque?”

“It was a joke,” the prince sighed.

“Oh.” She looked at him doubtfully. “It didn’t sound like one. I mean, look at Jason Christakos. That’s a guy who knows how to crack jokes—-”

“Yes, well, we can’t all be like the great Jason Christakos, can we?” the prince asked testily. Those fucking Christakos twins were getting on his damn nerves.

Fawn was staring at him in bemusement. “Did I do something to make you mad?”

“No.”You did something to make me want to keep you locked under key instead.But out loud, the prince said, “You should leave now if you don’t want to be late.”

Fawn checked her watch and groaned. “Oh my God, you’re right. And I even promised to have coffee with Grant and—-” Seeing the way the prince’s green eyes narrowed, she added quickly, “It’s not just Grant and me. I promise! I’m not lying! It’s the whole council.”

The prince’s face turned even grimmer.

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