Contracted To The Mafia Prince
thousand dollars on a d
n my best friend Jamie and I. It was still wa
an get a date with someone else; I don't
er lips. A strand of her ebony hair fell
mumbled. "How did you even look at
hared basket. "He is pretty handsome, but I'm super glad
th our drinks toward the trash bins in the
d the bell at us. "Break
bbed my apron from our booth. "It doesn't ma
I didn't want to date, or marry, for money. I wanted it to be real.
ster had to wo
r and attempted to braid it before Frank
e cross the screen. Speak of the devil herself. I walked around the corner of the bat
e. "I need a huge favor,"
hadn't already don
really, r
to go on the
ating on whether to clean the wax from my ears or not.
va. I'm be
ain. "Where is Ava
h him. He was rude at the auction. I can't speak to him. I can't pretend to be you anymore.
emperature. The doctor said this strand of the
. I'm sure he'll reschedule. Plus, you want to woo him, don't you
out of town for a few weeks after this. I can't keep him waiting. Pleas
on my feet. She didn't know I was two months behind, and had several medical bills from when I w
that I
t know,
lock back in. Get out here now. A tabl
. I'll call y
opened the door. Frankie's beady eyes narrowed at me. He thought he was
, had
ard the floor. My heart hammered in my
ister's offer and got t
ay, ruining Char's chances of purs
wasn't what I wanted to do with my life. I had three pieces of artwork lining th
enus and took down
cs to speak about. He was just a man. Not some
or the sake of my
was one date. One night
outside to the parking lot. Dialing my sister's number, I
swered, her voi
ake you?
I get you in t
spot. "Frankie got over it when we got swamped. I want t
away to sneeze. "It'll be fine. You'
steering wheel. "Could you send over some topics we could
ll have the card? The date is
e, but I could ask J
l like a little girl. Wait a minut
Not gonna happen, Cha
Ava. Thank you for this. Let me know when you're co
wil
d A
ea
t blo
for that boost of confi
of the card he'd given me. His dark eyes had seared my skin as I imagined a fire-breathing drago
ld me he didn't
city, which only made me even more nervous. I could do this.
ght. One date. Wh
rabbed my things. The flickering street light zapped as I hurried t
ey, I opened the doo
s I began to shut it and
dip dried in the corner, and his glasses had smudges blocking his beady eyes. "Ava," he sai
er just sent me money to my money app," I said, showing him the funds on
n. The owner is really pissed that I have let it go on this lon
ssed lump in my throat.
before disappearin
nt gawked back at me as a silent reminder of how pathe
ng happened. My brakes went out. I got s
tips for the night. How was I supposed to escape this never-ending cy
e way out but I
the text from Charlotte. She had a lis
. "I can do this," I said to my dead plant in the far corner