Royal Furline Betrayed BY Mark Twain 2
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Or maybe I’d have snuck up behind him, wrapped my arms around his shoulders, tugged gently at his ear, and teased, “How could you forget my breakfast? Don’t you love me anymore?”
Bainbridge was sharp-he noticed the shift in me instantly.
But he didn’t ask more. He just nodded and said, “I’m heading to the office. Take your time.
He took the suit jacket the maid handed him.
He held it for a few seconds, hesitating.
For a moment, I wondered if he was waiting for me to come fluttering over
over to help him into it, as I always did.
Then he shrugged it on himself.
Soon, the front door clicked shut behind him, his footsteps fading into silence.
The maid turned to me. “Ms. Ortiz, what would you like for breakfast?”
I shook my head. “Nothing, thank you. Could you bring me some packing boxes? I’ll need them today.”
I dragged my suitcase upstairs to the bedroom.
By the time the boxes arrived, I’d already neatly folded my clothes and essentials.
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Then I stepped into Bainbridge’s walk-in closet.
Over the years, I’d showered him with gifts like ties, cufflinks, shirts, and watches.
He rarely wore any of them.
Only when I’d insisted, practically dressing him myself, would he reluctantly appear in public wearing something I’d chosen.
My gifts, like me, had always been kept in the dark.
I swallowed the lump in my throat and gathered every last one, packing them carefully into the boxes.
It took hours. When I finally finished, I collapsed onto the edge of the bed, breathless and hollow.
My phone buzzed This book had been added on your bookshelf. ed up on the screen: “The driver’s on his way to pick you up. He’ll be there in thirty minutes.”
The message was curt, with no explanation and no context.
He was certain I would never refuse him.
I gave a bitter little laugh.
It was just as well. I needed to see him anyway. It was time to end things.
The private club was alive with colored lights and laughter.
This kind of place used to be my playground.
I’d grown up surrounded by love and indulgence, bright and bold as
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wildfire.
My friends nicknamed me the Wild Rose of New York.
At Aelfric’s university alumni gala, I saw Bainbridge for the first time. One look at his icy, ascetic beauty, and I was gone.
I had nudged Aelfric, asking if his friend was single.
Aelfric had rolled his eyes. “With that glacier of a personality, what girl would dare get close?”
I had beamed.
He was frost, I was flame. We could be a perfect match.
I pursued him relentlessly behind my brother’s back.
I even changed my This book had been added on your bookshelf. to Houston just to be near him.
When Aelfric found out, he blew a fuse, but his protective streak still
won out.
Before I went to college, he called Bainbridge and asked him to “look after” me.
I’d grinned to myself: everything was falling into place.
Back then, I thought I was brilliant, that I had played them both beautifully.
Only now did I realize how naive I’d been.
The waiter led me to the private booth.
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Inside, the mood was electric.
Someone was teasing loudly. “Bain, you’ve kept your little girlfriend under wraps for years. But now that your favorite sister is back, we’ve gotta know. Who ranks higher, your girlfriend or Lynn?”
I stopped dead in the hallway.
Holding my breath, I waited for his answer.
Bainbridge took a sip of his drink and stayed silent.
Evelynn stomped her foot playfully, pouting up at him. “Bain!”
Only then did his lips curl into a shadow of a smile.
He set his crystal glass down with a soft clink against the marble table.
His voice was coo This book had been added on your bookshelf. replaced, but I only have one sister. You tell me who’s more important.”
“Ooh! Getting chills over here!” the crowd jeered and cheered.
Evelynn shot up triumphantly, pointing around the table. “You, you, and you-pay up!”
Bainbridge raised a brow. “What’s this about?”
She grinned. “They bet me 30 grand each that you cared more about your girlfriend than me. Losers owe me.”
Groans filled the room as those persons transferred the money.
Bainbridge watched them with a faint smirk. “Serves you right.”.
At that point, I lifted my hand and knocked on the door.
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