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Violet laughed. “You’re a lightweight, sis. Last night was nothing.”
“Well, it was for me. I never drink.”
Violet laughed again. “You had fun though?”
“Yes, but I would have had fun without so much alcohol. Go and see Liam and the baby, I’m going back to bed.” I walked back into my room and as soon as my head hit the pillow I fell straight to sleep.
When I next woke up next, it was late in the afternoon. I walked out to the sitting room and found Violet relaxing while she watched television.
“Hey sleepyhead. You feeling any better?” she asked, clearly enjoying teasing me.
“Yes. Did you go and say hello to Liam?”
“Yes, and don’t worry, I gave him a piece of my mind,” Violet said, her tone sharp. “He’ll think twice about doing something that stupid again.”
I sighed. “I hope you’re right.”
“And I told him that if he’s going to rip off another handsome billionaire, then he better come to me, because I could quite easily become someone’s mistress,” Violet laughed, her eyes sparkling mischievously.
“Oh Violet...” I said, shaking my head. “I can’t believe you and I are related sometimes.”
Violet laughed. “Neither can I.” She stopped smiling and a serious look came over her face. “Did you know Nathan is still going to pay for Liam to go and see someone about his gambling problem? He even said he still has a job for him when he straightens himself out.”
I was surprised. I had expected Nathan to wash his hands of Liam as soon as he could. I didn’t think he’d want anything to do with me or my brother.
“Liam said that Nathan rang him this morning and gave him all the details for his treatment,” Violet continued.
“That’s good. I hope Liam takes it seriously.”
Violet smiled slightly. “Nathan asked about you too.”
“Oh?” I asked, casually raising one eyebrow. I was trying hard not to show just how much I cared.
“He asked how you were going and what you’d been doing with yourself. And don’t worry, Liam didn’t tell him that all you’ve been doing is hanging around here feeling sorry for yourself.”
I put my chin in the air. “I’m not feeling sorry for myself. And besides, look what happen when I did go out, I ran into Nathan.”
Violet sighed and shook her head disbelievingly. She picked a piece of paper up off the coffee table and handed it to me. “What’s this Christmas ball you’re invited to? I found this invitation on your fridge, hidden behind some take-away menus.”
I took the piece of paper off my sister and glanced at it. “I forgot about this. I got it weeks ago. My boss gets a few invitations every year to this swanky ball held on the twenty-third. This year he gave one to me.”
“So, are we going?”
“Who said I wanted to go with you?” I asked, raising an eyebrow at her again.
Violet smiled. “Because I’m your favourite sister.”
I looked at the invitation again and pondered it. “I don’t know if I even want to go.”
“Of course you want to go. You need to get on with your life, sis. It’s time you stopped mopping around here.”
I sighed, I knew my sister was right, but I was missing Nathan terribly. Everything I did reminded me of him and seeing Nathan the way I had the night before hadn’t helped. It had completely broken my heart to see Nathan with another woman so soon.
“Well, the ball is tomorrow night and I don’t have anything to wear,” I claimed, although even I heard how weak I sounded.
“That’s alright, we’ll go shopping first thing tomorrow morning.”
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