Secret Strangers in Love novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: Their Own Idea
"No," I said.
Grover blinked at me over his cherry-stained bow tie.
"No what, my girl?"
"No to the clause, no to the engagement, no to the dinner you meant to trick us into."
"I'm with her," Gavin said.
He did not raise his voice, and he did not look away from his grandfather.
"You each gave us an exit," he said. "We are not using it. We are not using the door you built either."
"The announcement can come back in," I added. "Print the retraction in the papers. Put my real name on it."
Stanford put down his fork.
"And then?" he asked.
"Then you stay out of our way," said Gavin.
"I will decide what happens to the company you hid me inside."
He held out his hand to me.
I took it.
"Where are you going?" Grover asked, standing so fast that the pie slid off his knee.
"On a date," I said.
"At midnight?"
"Under our own names. With nobody watching."
"We'll turn the cameras off," said Grover, hopefully.
"Keep them off," said Gavin, and we walked out into the night.
The Gaillard Foods test kitchen smelled like warm sugar and old steel.
It was the only room in the world where I had never lied.
I unlocked it with my own key and turned on one bank of lights.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of Secret Strangers in Love are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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