Todos os capítulos de Two Can Play: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 4

CELESTE Dominic picked me up at five. We didn't talk much in the car. What was there to say? We were either about to prove he was wrong, or we were about to have our entire lives rearranged. Rosewood Resort sat at the edge of the city, all glass and warm light and the kind of quiet money that didn't need to announce itself. According to Dominic's words, Julian had rented the entire East wing and so it wasn't open to other people.But Dominic had already arranged everything. Two employees met us at the back entrance and for a folded stack of bills, led us through a service corridor and out into the resort's private garden in the East wing. The sky had been rumbling for the past hour. Dark clouds rolling in fast. I could smell the rain coming. "We have to be quick," Dominic said quietly. We moved along the tree line and I told myself for the hundredth time that we were going to find nothing. An empty garden. A misunderstanding. Something I could take home and hold up like p

CELESTE I pushed my chair back and stood up. My heart was beating faster than it had any right to. "This might be the pain talking. I know that. But tell me you wouldn't want to see the look on their faces if they found out we were having an affair." Dominic pushed off the doorframe and moved toward me slowly. "An affair." "Yes." I held his gaze. "An affair. No strings. No feelings. Just two people who got dealt the same hand giving their partners exactly what they deserve." He stopped in front of me. Close enough that I had to tilt my chin up slightly to keep his eyes. "And how exactly does this work?" he asked. The shirt was still in his hand. He still hadn't put it on. I smiled and it felt nothing like a smile. "If they can play this game, so can we." I paused. "If you're willing." My heart was racing. This was all new territory for me. Something I would have sworn on my life I wasn't capable of twenty four hours ago. He looked at me for a long time. Long enough th