“Enough. You agreed to a truce for this trip. Keep your promise.”
I rise from the armchair, closing my book as I do.
“We’re going,” I say before turning to Octavia. “All of us. That includes Adelaide. You can manage one evening of civility.”
Octavia folds her arms, clearly displeased, but she doesn’t argue.
“Let’s go,” Ophelia says as she heads for the stairs.
I follow suit and make my way to my room, hoping the rest of the evening won’t end in disaster.
Because, quite frankly, I think there’s a very real chance we’ll all end up in a Swiss prison if Octavia and Adelaide fail to uphold this truce and alcohol finds its way into the equation.
I fear things could turn bloody rather quickly.
Chapter 28
Hunter
She left.
She got into that car with the rest of them, wearing that damn blue dress. The corset pushed her tits up and cinched her waist, doing that body every conceivable favour.
That damn body.
Fucking perfection.
The dress itself isn’t the problem.
As I’ve already established, she looks spectacular.
The problem is that she should be on my arm.
I know every bastard in that bar, or whichever place they’ve chosen for their girls’ night out, will look at her.
They’ll want a piece of her.
But she’s mine.
It doesn’t take us long to change and meet in the garage.
Adelaide clearly thought she was being clever when she hid the keys.
But for two people who claim to despise each other, Isaak knows her remarkably well. It takes him all of thirty seconds to work out where she hid them.
We take the Rolls Royce Cullinan Black Badge and, within minutes, we’re on the road after them.
Something tells me Adelaide won’t be particularly pleased when she discovers Isaak’s choice of vehicle.
As we make our way towards the small town, Arlo speaks up from the seat behind me.
“Do you even know where they’re headed?”
Isaak doesn’t take his eyes off the road.
“Somewhere they can drink, dance, and do something reckless, because Adelaide exists solely to test my patience.”
“Then we’ll have to check everything this place offers. Restaurants, bars, clubs, until we find them.” I say.
