I’d been about to tell her that too when I was dragged back to the photoshoot where I’ve been miserable ever since. It makes me crave to dirty her up and ruin her. The pictures Ash sent me of her all dolled up in the gown were breathtaking. My spine goes rigid, and my scowl deepens. The bitterness of losing my father rears its ugly head. After the first half hour of indulging Mother with photographs, he’d have pulled me aside for “business.” We’d have hidden out until the party started, cracking open a sixty-five-thousand-dollar bottle of Louis XIII Black Pearl Cognac as we enjoyed a few moments of silent bliss. He was always the warmer of our two parents and seemed to be one of the few who could thaw her out. It’s times like these, despite me being a grown-ass man, I wish my father were here to intervene. Mother takes great pleasure in my displeasure based on the sly grin curving up one side of her lips. I’ll gripe his ass out later for bailing on me. One cursory glance of the courtyard tells me either he’s late or choosing to avoid this shitshow. It’s a waste of my time to preen in front of a camera when I could be doing something more productive. Strutting around like a rooster so everyone will admire him. I just have to make it through this bullshit first. My obedient, dirty girl who gets off on the same depraved shit I do. I’m posing like a goddamn Versace model to please my insufferable mother when I’d rather be playing naughty games with her. There can be no happily ever after between a maid and a prince, no matter what the stories say. I can’t blame him for making me fall in love.

He’s never pretended to be anything other than that. Irrevocably.īut Winston isn’t a lover, he’s a business venture. I keep playing his twisted games, and I want to stay just as distant as he is. He's right in front of me, but he’s just as remote as my dreams of getting away from my stepbrothers. I crave him so badly I think I might be losing my mind. There can be no happily ever after between a maid and a prince, no matter what the stories say.Winston Constantine is no prince charming. Winston Constantine is no prince charming.

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