Page 148 of The Heart You Kept

“What happened?”

“I brought her inside and….” I throw up my hands. “Ended it once and for all and then she was completely losing it and she wouldn’t leave and the situation was spiraling. I ended up leaving her with the staff on my yacht and went and slept elsewhere.”

“Fuck.” Theo frowns. “What’s Volter going to say?”

“He already warned me earlier in the night that if I hurt her that there would be hell to pay.”

“You idiot,” Sinclair says with his eyes closed. “I told you not to get mixed up with her. He’ll fucking kill you.”

“Not if I kill him first,” I mutter, annoyed.

“I thought you two were good. Out of nowhere you just break up with her. What happened?”

I shrug. “Complicated.”

“You met someone?” Theo frowns.

“Kind of. Maybe.” I shrug. “I don’t fucking know.”

“Who is she?”

“None of your business.”

“When do we meet her?”

“Probably never.”

“Why not?”

“Because she has no interest in money.” I shrug. “And we all know what happens if they don’t want money.”

“They want time.” Theo sighs.

“Something that we don’t have a lot of.”

“You idiot.” Sinclair sighs. “You break up with a princess for a no-name who hates money and wants time. How is this ever going to fucking work?”

“It won’t.” I shrug. “I already know that.” I glance over at my green friend. “Someone hurry up and throw him overboard.”

“Where is she from?”

“Not far.”

“So have you gone out with her…. Or?”

“What’s with the twenty questions?” I chew my food.

“This is just unlike you to be secretive.”

“Because I don’t want to talk about it. Next subject.”

ALORA

Ring, ring…. Ring, ring.

Mr. Doe.

“Oh my god, he’s calling me.” I scramble to answer my phone. “Hello.”