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“Apparently. I did what Rico asked, so I don’t see what the problem is.” I lean back in the chair, slipping into that cold, aloof mask, trying to cover the writhing panic that this room evokes. I’m not the same kid I was back then. I have no reason to fear this fucking room.
He glares at me, his hands shaking with his rage. Apparently he’s drunk too much today. Usually he’s better at keeping a lid on his shit. “You and the Royal need to be over.”
“I’m not with the Royal.”
He takes a deep breath, realizing that I’m not going to lose control like he has, and I watch as that cold mask slips over his skin, too. He takes a seat opposite me and watches me silently.
This is when you should be afraid of Harrison Saint. The loud, ballsy bullshit isn’t anything terrifying. But the quiet calm… that’s when he’s dangerous.
“You will stop seeing the Royal and focus on Georgia or I will have her throat slit and make you watch as she bleeds out on the ground. I don’t care what agreements her pathetic father made, if she continues to be a problem, she will be dealt with.”
I remain as still as I can, despite my heart feeling like it’s going to beat out of my chest. I grip the arms of the chair, and he smiles.
I’ll slit his fucking throat and laugh as he bleeds.
“I told you, there is nothing between me and her.” The words come out clipped, and his grin grows.
“Then there won’t be a problem with you finally securing your engagement with Georgia, will there? And I’m sure you’ll have no objections to sharing a room with her after the party I’m throwing next week. Where your engagement will be officially announced. If one more Royal gets in my way, I will watch them all burn.”
“The Royals won’t be a problem. I already told you I won’t fuck the girl, but I’ll play the rest of your game.”
His eyes darken as he leans forward on the desk. “You will do whatever you have to, even if that means fucking her. Because if she doesn’t believe the engagement is real, she will tell me, and your precious fucking bitch will reap the consequences.”
He pauses, making sure I understand everything he isn’t saying, then dismisses me like I’m nothing to him.
I stand and leave, knowing that all it would take is one phone call to fuck with his plans, but I won’t risk Octavia like that.
Except that she’s probably going to hate me for what I have to do to keep her safe anyway. But I’d rather she was breathing and hate me than love me and wind up dead.
