Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 143

Chapter 143: Chapter 143.

I turn back to Ivy.

"Maybe later?."

Her face drops instantly.

"What?"

"I can’t right now."

"Why not?"

"I have to talk to the boys first."

She groans again, this time louder.

"They’ll be there later!"

"I know."

"So come shopping wirh me!"

"Ivy..."

"Please."

She clasps her hands together dramatically while giving her best puppy eye face.

"Pretty please?."

I laugh.

"You’re unbelievable."

"Come on I have missed you!"

"I missed you too."

"So come with me."

"I can’t now ivy:"

"Why not?"

"Because I need to talk to Lucas and the others about something really important."

"How long will that take?"

"I don’t know."

She narrows her eyes suspiciously.

"You’re being weird."

"No I’m not."

"You are."

"I’m just busy right now."

"With what?"

"Uhmmm business stuff."

She tilts her head, studying me carefully like she’s trying to solve a puzzle.

Then she sighs.

"Fine."

"But later?"

"Later," I promise.

"Promise promise?"

"Yes."

"You swear?"

"I swear..... cross mt heart, hope to die." I say while chuckling.

She brightens instantly again and throws her arms around me for another hug.

"You better not disappear again," she mumbles into my shoulder.

"I won’t sweetheart."

I squeeze her tightly for a second before she pulls back.

"Okay," she says, clapping her hands once. "I’m going before the mall gets too crowded."

"Take it easy," I warn automatically.

"Yes, mom."

"I mean it ivy."

"I know."

She walks backward toward her car, waving at me.

"I’ll call you later!"

"Okay."

She slides into the passenger seat while her driver closes the door and the car pulls away from the driveway a moment later, heading down the long road toward the gate.

I stand there watching until it disappears past the trees as a quiet breath leaves my chest.

Good. At least Ivy won’t be around for whatever happens next... because the conversation I’m about to have with purs brothers... Probably isn’t going to be pretty.

—

The front door opens before I even reach it. The house keepwr who has worked in this house longer than I’ve been alive, freezes when she sees me standing there. For a second her eyes widen like she’s just seen a ghost, then her whole face lights up.

"Elain!"

Before I can say anything she’s already pulling me inside.

"Look at you," she says, grabbing my face between her hands the way she used to when I was fifteen and coming home late. "You look thin."

"I do not."

"You do."

"I really don’t."

She pulls me into a tight hug anyway, squeezing me like she’s making up for the weeks I’ve been gone.

"I heard you were back in town," she says when she pulls away. "But no one told me you were coming here."

"Neither did I," I say honestly.

She laughs softly.

"Well, your brothers are going to lose their minds when they see you."

I smile a little

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