Silence by Mercedes Lackey & Cody Martin

Author:Mercedes Lackey & Cody Martin
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Alternative History, Fiction, Action & Adventure, General
ISBN: 9781476781235
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2016-04-05T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Despite knowing the quality of parties that Sean threw, she was still taken aback with the opulence and service every time. He introduced her to a few more people, some more “friends of friends,” and occasionally had to stop to talk with a gaggle of his cousins, but for the most part he did his best to spend time with her and her alone. The next few hours were a blur of music, food, and staring into Sean’s eyes as they talked. He showered her with compliments at every turn, making her blush despite her best efforts not to. Whenever she needed anything, a servant was immediately at their side to attend to her every wish. It was magical. Everyone should live like this, she found herself thinking more than once. She felt good, and that went a long way towards keeping her mind off Dylan and her ulterior motive for being at the party. Besides, there was a whole week this time, seven whole days in which she would probably find herself temporarily abandoned while Sean tended to “business”—whatever that was—and played courtier to his father. Time enough to snoop around when she was alone.

Tonight, she wanted just for herself. Was that too much to ask? Of course not. Ever since she had arrived here, she had had to be the responsible one. She was making sure there was food in the fridge, and that Mom paid the bills on time. She did the housecleaning, the laundry. Heck, she had gotten together with Sean, who had pretty much safeguarded Mom’s job! All after being thrown in the deep end from the only life she knew in New York City. She deserved something for herself, and this was it.

So she enjoyed the fantasy of being part of a fabulous party right out of a movie. She wasn’t the star of the movie of course, that was Sean. But she was part of it, and she liked being part of it.

When about half of the partygoers had drifted off…to bed, she presumed…she found herself fighting back yawns, to her chagrin. And to her even deeper chagrin, Sean caught her at it. But he just smiled. “I was looking for an excuse to call it a night,” he said, and pointedly looked around the poolside, which at this point was all but vacant. The only actual group of people still awake were Sean’s father and his cronies. He stood up, and offered her his hand to get her to her feet. “Let’s both get some rest. I hear that lounging by the pool is a very exhausting activity; we’ll need our energy. I’ll see you in the morning, Staci,” he said, giving her a kiss on the cheek and turning to walk to his poolside “bachelor pad.”

Well, a kiss on the cheek was better than no kiss at all.…She glanced at the group still standing, conversing and drinking together, but they didn’t seem to notice that Sean had left. She made her way to her room, yawning the entire time, and fell into bed.

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