The-Sinful-King-By-Claire-Contreras-PDF

“And Renee’s engagement? Amazing. I can’t even wait to see
how the wedding will turn out.”
“I’m sure it’ll be beautiful.” I smiled sadly. “They didn’t
ask me to do it.”
“Not because of the scandal?” Pilar gasped.
“I lost a lot of clients.” I shrugged. “It was my fault.”
“I bet Thomas didn’t lose anything,” she said, frowning.
“It’s a man’s world.”
“Don’t I know it.” Her frown deepened. “This entire party
is proof of that. I’m so annoyed with it all. All of my friends
are here, throwing themselves at my brothers as if they
didn’t grow up acting like they were like older brothers to
them too. It’s gross and incestuous.”
“I’m sure there’s some real incest somewhere in your
bloodline.”
“That’s disturbing,” she said, but laughed. “My mother
actually says that to my father. It always gets a rise out of
him.”
“He wasn’t able to come?”
“He made the trip, but not the party. He’s exhausted.”
Her smile turned sad. “He’s not doing well. I know people
want me to lie and say he’s fine, but he’s not and I’m tired of
lying.”
“I won’t tell anyone.” I put the basket back where it was
and set the mask on my face. “Tonight, you’re just a girl who
wants to have fun. I’m sure you have at least one friend
who’s not vying for your brothers’ attention.” We started
walking outside. I looked at her. “What about Joss?”
“Joss.” She laughed. “She’s probably trying not to kill
Aramis right now. She can’t stand him and she’s too stupid
to see he’s been in love with her for like ever.”
“Aramis? In love? With Joss?” Each word that left my
mouth sounded more incredulous than the last. “She’s never
talked to me about him.”