Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic) novel Chapter 593

Celeste's engagement party with Dominic Ford had filled the atmosphere with love. It was easy to see the couples who were in love as they stole moments to stare at, dance with, and whisper words of love to each other, especially after Celeste and Dominic left the yacht and retired home. Celeste's mom had expressed her desire to leave the moment Celeste left, and one of Dominic's guards had taken her home. I had thought Kingsley would also ask for us to leave, after all, other than a few shared dances on the floor, he had seemed a bit withdrawn to me.

But after the celebrants left, Kingsley seemed to change completely into someone else. He became more loving and playful, feeding me, singing for me privately and dancing more suggestively with me. It had seemed like a dream. And there we had been, partying until two in the morning before he finally drove me home.

I had thought he would take me to his home and try to get freaky with me, but none of that had happened. Despite how late it was, after dropping me off, he had gone home.

It was like there was a push and pull between us. And this moment right now, this felt like the pull moment.

He had said he had a surprise for me, but it was in a different city. I did not know what it was, but it was happening in the evening. Today was the second day after Celeste's engagement, and the moment I mentioned Kingsley's surprise to her, she gave me her blessings and told me to take the day off.

Now, we were having lunch together, but Kingsley was not eating his food. He was staring so intently at me.

My heart wouldn't stop beating, and a time like this, I wished I could read his mind. Then I would know what he was thinking. It would break my heart if I found out he was being with me out of pity or guilt. I was acting as though I did not care if the relationship ended or not, but I was extremely scared of being hurt by him, especially since I knew I was not physically up to the standard of the kind of women vying for his attention.

To make matters worse, my parents had been hounding me, calling and texting repeatedly to find out the date of the wedding and ask when next Kingsley was visiting, probably because they were expecting him to bring more gifts for them when he came.

If it was not because I was afraid that they would show up at Helix to look for me, I would have blocked their numbers and ignored them completely. But I knew my mother and father very well. And there had already been too much drama at Helix without me trying to add my family's to the mix.

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