Page 115 of Insatiable Park Avenue Prince

I hurried through Astor’s courtyard to where Scotty was waiting for me. It hadn’t been easy to get him all to myself, but after some heavy bribery—and promises of drinks on me the next night we all went out—my friends had agreed to make their own way home today.

“Good afternoon, Mr. Truitt.”

“Scotty, how many times do I have to tell you, it’s Van.”

“Yes, Mr. Truitt.” The small smirk at the corner of his lips had me clapping him on the shoulder as I climbed inside the Sprinter.

He shut the door behind me, and as I settled in, my phone buzzed in the pocket of my jeans. I pulled it out, hoping it was Kelly, thinking that maybe I could tell by the tone of his voice which way tonight was going to go. But instead, my agent’s name flashed across the screen.

Ugh, Mira was the last person I wanted to speak to right now. I hadn’t heard from her since her brain exploded at my condo on Sunday, and even though Harry had managed to delete all trace of the articles online, I had a feeling Mira wasn’t calling to tell me what a great job I did at Avalon Castle.

I stared at the screen, knowing that if I didn’t deal with Mira now, she’d be blowing up my phone all night. So I hit accept and waited for my ass chewing.

“My office,” she barked. “Thirty minutes.”

“No, I—”

“Bring Kelly.”

What?“We’ve got plans tonight.”

“Then break them. Thirty minutes, Van. Don’t make me wait.”

I didn’t get a chance to say anything else before she ended the call. I leaned forward and tapped Scotty on the shoulder.

“If you could risk a ticket or two, there’s been a slight change of plans.”

He glanced at me in the rearview and nodded. “You got it, Mr. Truitt.”

I opened up Kelly’s thread then and shot off a text.

Hey, I’m on my way but Mira called and wants to see me—us—in thirty minutes. Is that going to ruin everything?

I looked out the window as Scotty weaved in and out of the traffic like he was driving my Jag and not the Sprinter. Good man, he’d have me at Kelly’s in no time at all.

SINful KELLY:

Hey. She wants both of us?

Yeah, she was pretty adamant. Probably wants to yell at us some more. Sorry about that.

SINful KELLY:

No need. And it won’t ruin things food-wise. Was going to order in. Not sure about our moods though, lol.

I had to agree. God knew what Mira wanted to talk to us about, but given her no-nonsense tone, I was dreading it.

Okay. I’m almost there, so see you in five?

SINful KELLY:

I’ll be ready, and Donovan?

Yeah?

SINful KELLY:

I love you.

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