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Terms and Conditions SEVENTEEN
EDMONDSomething in me died when I watched her leave the restaurant. I did want to follow her. But what was I even going to say? Her anger was valid. Well, I didn't even know. May called me a manipulator who was causing her to believe we had a dynamic. I knew what that meant. I would like to think I did. The way her eyes died after that sentence. She hadn't meant to let it slip. The thought lingered at the back of my mind but I couldn't bring myself to consider it. Did May Wolfe like me? I almost laughed as soon as that thought crossed my mind. Of course not! It's just something she said by accident. I returned to my table and grabbed the half-empty bottle of wine. It was quite pathetic. Finishing the date alone. I looked at my phone. At the picture we both took. I zoomed in on the picture to catch the expression on her face. She was laughing. It wasn't the prettiest laugh but you could tell it was genuine. She looked beautiful. Acknowledging that made me feel like shit. My smile in t
Terms and Conditions EIGHTEEN
MAYThe movie was far from over when I felt Edmond's head droop onto my shoulder. He was snoring softly, and I tried my best to ignore the tingle that ran through my arm at the feeling of his breath on my skin. I should have woken him up - that would have been the normal thing to do - but I couldn't bring myself to disturb his peaceful slumber. Instead, I let my mind wander, replaying the memory of our hug earlier. The way his hands had rested on my waist, the warmth of his body against mine...it made my heart race all over again.I had been so sure Edmond was going to kiss me and I wasn't even sure I would have the sheer strength to stop him. Admitting that made my heart pound even harder. But I had been overthinking. The last thing Edmond Walters wanted to do was kiss me. With one hand, I deftly picked up the remote and paused the movie making sure not to disturb Edmond. I took some time to mentally prepare myself for the awkwardness that was sure to follow when I woke him up.Onc
Terms and Conditions NINETEEN
MAYI did not sleep. Heaven knows I couldn't sleep. I kept turning and thinking of what I would do when tomorrow finally came. I dreaded every minute that passed because it signified that time was not in my favor. I wanted to keep the task Snuggle gave me a secret but that would make me a goddamned hypocrite. I had been pissed when Edmond kept his task a secret and played me like a fool. It would be stupid to do the same. But was it? The whole purpose of keeping the task a secret was simply because I didn't want to follow through with it. That did for me. It wasn't really deceitful if I wasn't getting Edmond to do the task while he was in the dark. But there would be consequences. That I knew well. Snuggle would find something to corner me. It would give me no choice until I succumbed but what could they really take from me at this point? My house was confiscated and so was all my life savings. Pennies and a roof were all I had to my name. Admitting there was nothing else to snatch fr
Terms and Conditions TWENTY
MAYMy mother was a force of nature. Disappointed wouldn't be the right word to describe the energy she would send my way if she found out her daughter was now homeless, penniless, and married all because I didn't read the fine print. I was cornered but if I had to choose, I would choose to survive a kiss with Edmond any day. I decided I would tell him the task Snuggle had handed me the minute he walked out of the bathroom. But as seconds trickled by, I wasn't finding it that easy to talk myself out into this one. My first kiss was going to be fiction. Something Edmond and I just had to do because it was for the best and not because we wanted to. The fear was clawing at me again, and it was taking more than an extra few minutes to stop shaking. I grabbed the phone and read through the pop-ups that Snuggle had sent just to remind my brain that this was not the time to be afraid or rational. It was just one kiss. It wouldn't even mean anything. It would be over before it even got awkwar
Terms and Conditions TWENTY ONE
EDMONDI sat at my desk, staring at the computer screen, but not really seeing the words on it. Instead, my mind wandered back to the kiss I shared with May. It was just a small moment, a brief brush of our lips, but it left me feeling something I haven't felt before. I tried to push the thoughts away, reminding myself that this marriage is just a convenience, a way to keep ourselves safe from Snuggle’s insanity. But it was getting harder to tell myself that was just the case. I had wanted to kiss her last night. This just made things… Why did I feel so conflicted? Why was my heart beating faster whenever I was around her? These were questions I could not answer, and they frustrated me to no end.“Are you alright, Mr. Walters?”I looked up to see my assistant. I hadn't even realized she had opened the door. The look on her face told me she could tell something was wrong. I was that easy to read.“Yeah… I’m good.” I forced a smile. It didn’t look like she bought it but she did not pry
Terms and Conditions TWENTY TWO
MAYBe a fashion Icon. No matter how much I rang the words in my head, this item on the bucket list did not seem achievable. Not anymore. I would never lie to myself. I was not conventionally pretty. No the modeling world claimed that beauty wasn’t what they were looking for. The goal was to sell clothes and symmetrical and bland faces were enough. But that was a lie. Even if it were true, I truly did not think fashion was something I wanted to make a career out of anymore. I was satisfied with working in real estate. It was easier and surprisingly, less tasking on my body. I was going to stick with it. I pushed that thought aside. Two items had been struck out from the bucket list. I had bleached my hair and somehow done something out of my comfort zone. Now that I thought about it, perhaps it had been foolish. All that was left was a teen girl’s fantasy, shellfish, and fear. Yes… Conquer a fear. What did I fear?Against my will, a memory from the morning flashed brightly in my mind.
Terms and Conditions TWENTY THREE
EDMONDThe perplexed look on May’s face told me everything I needed to know. This was going to be just like that night at Mox. Except I wasn’t even trying to be dishonest this time around. It was just hard telling her the task Snuggle had handed me. I watched her face continue to twist. So much so, that I could not decipher whether she was disgusted or mad.“I was going to tell you,” I finally blurted out, dropping the crab leg in my hand back into my plate. “I swear.”“Tell me what?” She asked, her eyebrows arching in suspicion.Was this a trick? Had I been reading too much into things? No… This had to be a test and May just wanted to see if I would keep on lying. “I was… What did Snuggle send you? The text was from them, right?”May nodded. “They sent me an appreciation. Why? Should I be worried?”Shit! I really jumped the gun. “Forget it.” I answered, immediately fixating on my plate while silently praying that she would let it go. But I had to be kidding myself. May and I had not
Terms and Conditions TWENTY FOUR
MAYI had to be crazy. I should have nipped this in the bud before it blossomed. Now, it was a little too late. We could tell ourselves it was just a kiss that got out of hand. But I knew it was more than that. My opinion about Edmond had changed since that movie night and the wet dreams were just the start of this rendezvous of madness. It killed me a little to see that look on his face when he pulled away from me. It was almost as if he regretted it. The silence between us stretched for the longest time until Edmond’s phone beeped. As if trying to escape the loop of painful awkwardness, Edmond reached for the phone and looked at it.“It is from Snuggle,” Edmond filled me in.I nodded, knowing he was only trying his best to make us forget the kiss. I wish I could. But if that was what was needed for the tension in the air to subside, then so be it.“Let me guess, no reward?”“They offered me an opportunity to answer a question I had no answer too. I guess I have the answer now.”The
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