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

“Pilar. Obv.”
“Oh.”
“Bring a date.”
“I can’t bring a date. The queen invited me, not me plus
one. Besides, I wouldn’t have a date to bring. I don’t want to
ask poor Pierre again and leave him high and dry.”
“Bring Thomas.”
“Evans?” I cried. “My ex-boyfriend?”
“Yeah, you know, the one you filmed a sex tape with. He
owes you. You’re still on good terms, and it will kill Elias to
see you together.”
“I don’t want to play those kinds of mind games, Joss.”
“Love is a game. You need to play to your heart’s
advantage.”
“What kind of bullshit is that?”
“It’s not bullshit, Addie. The royals like to play games.”
She lowered her voice. “While we’re on the topic of royals,
Pilar wants me to be her secretary.”
“What?” I shrieked. “You have a job.” I liked Pilar, but
this was going too far. Using me was one thing, but trying to
take my best friend and best employee I had was going a bit
too far.
“I told her I’d think about it.”
“Seriously?”
“I don’t want to flat-out say no to the opportunity. She’s
as good a friend to me as you are and it would require travel
and meeting people I’d never otherwise get to meet.”
“I understand the glamour of the job, Joslyn. I just . . . I
don’t want to lose you too, you know?”
“I’d refer so many people to Pirouette Events, you’ll have
the longest list of parties to plan you’ve ever dreamed of.”
I felt myself smile. “I still don’t want to lose you.”
“But you like that perk, huh?”
“Yes, I like that perk.” I laughed. She laughed too.