TRAPPED WITH THE PLAYBOY

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, clinking glassware, laughter drifting from the dining room as staff moved swiftly, setting the last touches. I

's what the

chable. Powerful. And their son - a play

-to-be

ing room, and my gaze

Car

ws, collar undone just enough to expose the ink curling up

ith mine. Mr. Carter stood beside my father, their tones

s eyes

he s

ke at t

my eyes, his expression unreadable. Not

Ariana! I've heard so much about you," she gushed, wrapping me in a quick, warm hug. "I'm Skylar. And t

smiling back. "It's n

gnore Zane if he acts like a jerk. He

but Zane's eye twitche

other said quickly, a

flowed - wine, laughter, subtle negotiations dressed in poli

ry to speak to me - just stole glances now and then

s being cleared wh

month's time, our families will officially become one. Th

od ran

n't even

d back in his chair and sipped his

e table. I squeezed back, but I couldn

n't r

love. It w

the room, Zane Carter

ess what kind of s

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e's

I felt it - that annoying flutter in

na M

l from

n skin. But this time, dressed to impress - elegant, poised, yet her eyes car

h

he girl my parents were so ob

he women in this damn country, they picked the one

and smirked slightly - just

that meant anything to me. I wasn't thinking about legacy. I was thinking about how tight that

ncement came,

knew what

punched in the gut. It wasn't dramatic. Just real. She wasn

gave me that loaded look - t

one?" Mr. Monroe suggested. "They could

ere all too h

n encouraging wink. Jace clapped me on

s just me

ai

the crowd or the f

er arms. "So

a brow. "

her face slightly. "

n two days ago, but I wasn't going to a

oth of us acting like this was ju

you," I sa

a small tilt of her

ly. "You weren

e being

ed. "St

between us was charged - not soft, not roma

ll figuri

as going to be a lot more t

-

Night – A

lling my phone whe

Ping

me lit up

ck Twitter

rywhere. Your e

ked. "

ned t

here

wasn't even looking at me in it - he was staring somewhere to the side, brooding as alway

r heartthrob, is officially engaged! Meet his fiancée, Ariana Monroe -

ts were...

WTF. Noooo

s like a princess. But

69: Is this

o damn fine even in an e

h and flopped onto the bed, c

s my li

ine. A

rm I didn

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as it

and c

xo