Susan, Break The Curse! by Lauretta Hignett

Author:Lauretta Hignett [Hignett, Lauretta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Fourteen

“Okay, we’re done.” Cecil put his makeup brushes down and stared at me. “It’s my best work ever, and somehow, I can’t enjoy it, knowing that at any point you’re going to fall asleep and start screaming and clawing at the walls.”

I pushed him away lightly. “I told you, I’m fine, Cecil.” I felt better after a glass of champagne, and even better after Cecil shoehorned me into an absolutely knock-out shimmery gold dress with a sharp halter neck that hugged my throat and swung down almost to the butt at the back. But the lingering fear rolled around in my gut like five-day-old Chinese takeout.

That little episode in the bathroom had knocked the wind out of me. Even the memory of it had felt so real. And now, I couldn’t shake the fear I didn’t know what was real and what was not.

“You better behave yourself at dinner,” Cecil said sternly. “Donovan sent word while you were thrashing around naked on your bathroom floor like a dying fish. He’ll need to meet you at the restaurant.”

I pinched my eyes closed. “Can we please stop talking about it?”

“I can’t!” He let out a little whinny of distress. “This date is important, Chosen. It’s the first ritual you have to complete, and the bond might not survive if you fall asleep at the table and turn into a stark raving mad woman and run away from Prince Donovan. Actually, you know what?” His eyes lit up. “I know something that will keep you awake and as upbeat as a fat kid in a cake store⁠—”

“No,” I said firmly. “No cocaine.” I got to my feet, feeling a little unsteady. Even if this was all real and not a hallucination, there was no chance in hell I’d ever run away from Donovan. He made me feel so safe, I was far more likely to run towards him than away. “I’m not worried in the slightest.” I shuddered as the buzz of my lie almost electrocuted me. “Please, Cecil, just relax. Have a cocktail.”

Cecil eyed me suspiciously. “Don’t mind if I do,” he said, shimmying over to the wet bar. “It will have to be to-go, though. I have to drive you to the restaurant in a minute.”

I rubbed my temples for a second, trying to ease the tension in my head. “I haven’t even asked where we’re going.”

“A little place called Romeo’s.”

I blinked. Romeo’s was almost more exclusive and expensive than Cloud. Where Cloud was a demonstration of the snobbishness and pretentiousness of fine-dining, Romeo’s was older, quieter, less flashy—more old-money than new. The menu hadn’t changed in a decade. And unlike Cloud, you could actually see your feet at all times. “He managed to get a reservation at Romeo’s on such short notice?”

“Actually, no. They laughed when I called and asked for a reservation. So, we bought it.”

“You bought the restaurant?”

“Well.” Cecil tossed his mane out of his eyes. “His Highness did.”

I shook my head and decided to leave that one alone.

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