Cruel King by K.M. Scott

Author:K.M. Scott [Scott, K.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Copper Key Media, LLC
Published: 2023-08-07T18:30:00+00:00

The Spring Festival with all its colored lights and great food and games lightens my mood after all I had to deal with today. Theo’s jokes about my threat to bears make me laugh, and as we walk down the pathway along the river they’ve lit up with tiny flower lights on the ground, I feel so much better than I did a few hours ago.

This feels like the old days when he and I spent every waking hour together. I listen to him talk about things like where he wants to travel to next and what people are like around the world, and all I can think about is how nice it is to spend time with someone who’s so fun to be with.

“You’re particularly quiet tonight, Ava,” he says as he gently pushes his arm into my arm. “Something wrong?”

With a smile, I shake my head. “No. Just listening to you. Your stories are very interesting.”

He disagrees with that, waving away my compliment. “Not really, but that’s very kind of you to say. I swear there’s not another girl in the world like you, you know that?”

I look up at his gorgeous face that’s only gotten more beautiful in the years he’s been gone and wonder why some beautiful French woman hasn’t gotten Theo to settle down with her. He’s successful, comes from money, and stunning. In addition, he’s sweet but just enough not to make him seem like a pushover.

“So tell me, why aren’t you with some movie star or supermodel? I thought I heard something about you and a woman named Celeste a while back.”

“You were always too fond of me, Ava. I don’t think movie stars and supermodels even notice me, not that I spend a lot of time around those two groups of people.”

He intentionally avoids telling me anything about that woman I know he was dating.

“You’re a world-famous racecar driver. I thought that was the best occupation to meet famous people,” I say as he slips his arm around my waist to keep me from stepping in a hole on the pathway.

I lean against his side as he laughs at my assumption. “Not exactly. The only people I usually meet are racing fanatics, who tend to be men, and mechanics, who also tend to be men.”

We walk a little further before I broach the subject of the girlfriend again. “So about this Celeste woman. Any truth to the rumor?”

He shakes his head and grins, which tells me there is some truth to it. “You act like I’m the lead story on TMZ every day. Trust me. If you heard rumors about me, they probably aren’t true, but I can’t imagine who would be telling you that.”

Unable to remember where I heard he was serious about some Celeste woman, I say, “It doesn’t matter where I heard it. Maybe your father told me. It could have been Eleanor. She’s very in tune with all the racing info and rumors, believe it or not.”

Theo stops walking and stares down at me.

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