“I can tell by the look on your face that you’ve been thinking about me,” Terry said.
My stomach twisted. The champagne I had enjoyed only a moment ago soured in my mouth.
Susie shrunk, half-hiding behind me. Terry didn’t even look at her, his entire attention was focused on me.
I didn’t reply to him. I simply stood there trying not to be sick on the ballroom floor.
Terry didn’t seem to mind. He continued on without even a dent to his smile.
“Congratulations, Piper. You’ve enamored two different brothers. No simple act. Though I can understand why they are taken with you.”
I swallowed down the rising bile in my throat. “Thank you.” It was all I could manage. I knew what lied beyond his friendly façade, and now that the image of him had been permanently tainted, I struggled to rebuild
