Considerably Wicked: A Dark Romance by Leigh Frankie

Author:Leigh Frankie [Frankie, Leigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Typewriter Pub
Published: 2020-03-03T06:00:00+00:00

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Just over two hours into the party and Liezel was already sipping her third glass of Cuban mojito after Maddy had told the bartender to stop serving her whiskey and tequila.

Stupid, she thought as she sat by the bar, looking at the people on the dance floor, laughing, talking, flirting while dancing. After the humiliation and hurt Sinclair had caused her, she had decided to just quit and forget all about it—and just like what she did into her previous relationships—move on. She had planned not to show on the next day, but when her bills started coming in, and her landlady started knocking on her door, she knew she couldn’t quit just yet. So she decided to stay, and for the past three days, she made every effort to avoid talking to Sinclair as much as she could by making sure everything he needed on that day was already on his desk before he came in. Although it didn’t prove to be very difficult as well because Sinclair almost never left his office.

There were times, of course, that he would call her, but he was always brief with his instructions, and the calls were never a minute long. This hurt her more, but she somehow learned to suck it all in and pretend like they never happened.

Sinclair came half an hour late to the party, and right as soon as he made his little speech in front of everyone, he disappeared into the crowd. Liezel never bothered to follow him or even talk to him. She had reminded herself over and over again to never stoop low like she did. She made a mistake, and Sinclair wasn’t a forgiving man. She had to accept that and never try to win him back by offering herself to him again.

Liezel took a sip of her drink and decided to re-join Una and Will until Maddy took the seat next to her.

“What a boring night, huh?” Maddy sighed, crossing her leg over the other in a tired manner.

Liezel gave her a once-over and smiled at how covered she was in her red sweater dress, green leggings, and leather boots. “Is the heater not working?” She had been meaning to snap at her for telling the bartender she could only have a mojito and some mocktails until the end of the party.

“Ha-ha!” Maddy sneered then called the bartender for a rum and coke.

“Wow. I thought you were going to ask for a tall glass of milk and a cookie.” Liezel laughed.

“Liezel, just because I don’t want you to get drunk—and start acting stupid like more people do when they get sloshed in parties—doesn’t mean I’m a bitch.”

Instantly, Liezel’s face softened. She never liked people minding her business, but she could see the sentiment was real, and she, somehow, appreciated it.

“Unlike those two foolish women from finance, fawning over Mr. Godfrey, I don’t want you to embarrass yourself.”

“What?”

“Giselle and Monica from finance. I saw them laughing and flirting with him. Well, too bad for them, though…” Maddy trailed off.

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