CHAPTER 23

She couldn’t believe this. Of all the things Felix could do, he was going to drag her arse halfway across town, just so what? She could watch him make goo-goo eyes at a woman?

Damn him!

If she walked any faster, her jean trousers were going to literally give up right there and then, and just go paft! And then Felix would finally be happy, the world would at least look at an arsehole that was not bad at all.

Until then, she couldn’t wait to get to where he was, give the girl a run-down, stick her foot up his ass and contemplate whether this charity thing was worth it.

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In all her life, Lucresia had never seen anyone smile so broad, so genuinely at having seen her. It was always the other way around. People loved seeing her body, they just didn’t like seeing her. Exes, people she’d conned, people who had tried to con her out of her belongings and body parts… the list was endless. And yet…

Alex’s smile was like a searchlight, except it was fixated on her. She suddenly felt her heart s