Alpha's Private Plaything (Elsa and Drake Stone) novel Chapter 273

Chapter 273

I moved to follow her, my heart pounding with worry as I shoved past a gawking onlooker, but Drake’s hand caught my arm in a vise- grip.

“Where do you think you’re goin he asked, his voice low enough that only I could hear.

“She doesn’t se

vodka to

ng toward the exit where Ava had disappeared, yanking against his hold. “She just drank enough Drake, let me go.”

ned slightly. “Ava has an impressive tolerance for alcohol. She’ll be fine.”

died my face intently. “Did you forgive her?”

caught me off guard. “Forgive her? For what?”

w she treated you before. When she thought you were just my assistant with no connection to the family.”

elt my throat tighten, a bitter laugh threatening to escap rgive Ava for her previous coldness and dismissal? An havior?

rced me to confront my own complicated feelings. Could I

he was Drake’s cousin, did that change how I viewed her

I don’t know,” I answered honestly, my

understanding isn’t the same as

understand her better now, seeing what happened with Joseph. But

Cly what it feels like to be someone’s dirty secret.”

I glanced toward the

happened to her

uine despite our complicated history. “If she wasn’t your cousin, what would have

olitics can be brutal.”

e a whisper as I trembled with suppressed anger. “And that’s the world I live in every goddamn day

his grip with a sharp jerk. “I should go. I need some fucking air.”

for a long moment, his expression unreadable. Then, to my surprise, he nodded. “Go. Help her get back to her room. But here afterward. Understand?”

ating the automatic respo

eth grinding together in frustration. “Yes, I understand.”

onight she wore a pale pink dress that

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