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The other females gasped and whispered among themselves.
Okhet chuckled and struggled to keep the smile off her face.
My words had the effect I wanted. The other girls were put out by the fact I hadn’t offered to help them the same way.
Serves you right for being assholes!
Of course, I didn’t know anything about Dyrel’s business or his social circle. It didn’t matter. The girls thought I knew what I was talking about and that was what mattered.
“You might need to lower your expectations a little,” I whispered to Okhet. “I’m not sure I can swing the emperor for you but I’ll try my best.”
She waved as I backed into the door and immediately ran into Dyrel, Shrisa, and another Titan I hadn’t seen before.
“The emperor?” Dyrel said with an arched eyebrow. “You can be put to death for speaking badly of the emperor, you know.”
He heard what I said.
He heard the whole damn thing.
“I… did not know that,” I said. “And I’ll bear it in mind for future reference. And it’s not like I was speaking badly of him. I was saying he’s a great catch. That’s got to be nice to hear from anyone, right?”
Shrisa had a big smile on her face, so I guessed she must have made a lot of profit on me.
At least someone was happy about this whole situation.
“Shall we?” Dyrel said, extending his elbow to me.
I took it. He led me out of the waiting room and away from that company for what I hoped would be the rest of my natural life.
4
DYREL
It was more difficult to get her to join me than I expected. Many of the other girls were falling over themselves to be with me. I wondered why I never liked to make things easy for myself, why I always took the harder trail.
Why couldn’t I have chosen one of them?
Because they were all there for the same reason.
To find love.
I might be many things but I wasn’t a heartbreaker.
At least, not on purpose.
When I suggested the concept of her pretending to be my by fiancée, she wasn’t put out. The other girls would have been taken aback and refused to accept the mission.
Vicky was not like the others.
The moment she stormed off toward the door, I made my offer to send her home once the mission was achieved.
It got her attention.
And I knew she was the right girl for me.
I dropped Zyod off on the way to my apartment building. The shuttlecraft felt very quiet after that with just the two of us.
She had her cloak turned up so I couldn’t see her face as we sailed across the city. She peered out the window at the scenery. I wasn’t entirely sure what I should say.
