Come Here and Kiss Me by M. Robinson & Willow Winters

Author:M. Robinson & Willow Winters [Robinson, M. & Winters, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-10T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Brooklyn

Day in and day out, I convince myself I don’t care what anyone says or thinks about our relationship. Another two weeks have flown by, and the charity event Ronan wanted me to grab gowns for has arrived. Suddenly, I care again.

Technically, I have to care because they have to believe the lie. But whatever it is that we have right now is good enough for me, and I don’t want anyone else’s opinion. Except for tonight. I have to care about what they think tonight. Taking a steadying breath, I smooth out my dress and slip in my new diamond earrings.

Both of which are gifts from Ronan. He spoils me, and I freaking love it.

I thought I would grab something from my closet, but Ronan surprised me with a red gown instead. It has a low v in the front that’s trimmed with lace and a high slit on the right side of the floor-length gown. Every time I take a step, you can see my silky skin peeking through.

It’s sexy as all hell and slightly inappropriate, but I’m assuming that’s the point. He wants us to make an entrance, and I have no problem being his arm candy for the event to shut everyone up and stop the endless rumors circulating about us.

I swear I hear a new one every day, but the one that hurts the most is when they call me a gold digger and say I’m only after Professor Wolf’s money. Exactly like my mother. It’s hard to deny it, given I have nothing now, thanks to my father. But they don’t know that. I hate that people think I’m like her when it’s the furthest thing from the truth. I’ve spent my entire life trying not to be anything like her.

I’ve wanted to have my own identity away from my parents for as long as I can remember, which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, considering I was dependent on my father up until a few weeks ago. Nothing of what I thought my life would turn into has happened yet. Now I’m fake engaged to a man who is starting to feel like home to me.

Little by little, I’m getting more and more used to Ronan taking care of me, and in the back of my head, I know I shouldn’t. Not just because it’s going to end but because I could stand on my own for the first time in my life if I wanted to. The thought of that, though, compared to the thought of being with him… it keeps me up at night.

However, it’s more than that. I’m starting to fall for him in ways that didn’t seem possible. There’s always been a connection between us, whether or not I wanted there to be. There was no avoiding it.

“Are you alright?” he asks, sipping champagne in the limo on our way to the event. I toy with the matching red silk tie that I bought him when he showed me the dress last week.

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