CH 111

Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire

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Chapter 111:

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Archibald is across the room and talking to Nathaniel of all people, and it’s too late to back up because she’s already been spotted.

Archibald makes a quick beckoning gesture with his hands, and Nathaniel? Nathaniel looks shocked and meanly delighted, like this is everything he could want. Isabella feels like she could very easily throw up again.

She doesn’t throw up.

Isabella, Professional Partygoer Who Doesn’t Puke On Floors in Public, forces her feet to move her forward.

Forward, forward, step by step until she’s within the circle of appropriate distance, and then there’s an arm around her waist that pulls her straight out of acquaintances who know each other and firmly into people who have definitely seen each other naked territory.

The way Archibald slots Isabella into his side doesn’t go unnoticed, not by a long shot, but it’s also the only thing that remotely helps quiet down a little of the internal screaming to keep it