CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"What's he doing here?" Ryan asked, looking behind her.

Prince Lucas sat quite comfortably on her seat, unaware of Ryan's attention to him.

"Don't think about that. We have to talk." Charlotte said, drawing his attention back to her. They stood at the entrance of the office.

"Yeah we do. You spent the night with him didn't you?" He said accusingly.

"What? Let's not get into that. It's Veronica we need to talk about." Charlotte said, not wanting to get off tangent even for a moment.

"Hey, if you can go sleeping around, so can I. What do you care?" Ryan walked past her but Charlotte reached out to him, making him stop.

"What are you talking about? You think I'm sleeping with him?" She asked, astounded. He shrugged.

"It's obvious. Why him Charlotte?"

"I should be asking you the same question. She messed you up and you still let her back in-" "And he beats you up yet you still defend him?"

Charlotte's mouth dropped open. It was the first time he acknowledged how she looked since she met h