All Chapters of Kissed The Wrong Brother : Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

"He'll come," Celeste said. "He's wrecked."Daniel swirled his whiskey in the hotel bar and said nothing. The room was nearly empty, all amber lamps and low jazz. A photographer in a gray hoodie nursed a soda two stools down, pretending to read the menu."You're sure about the room?""I told the concierge to send up a bottle of scotch with Julian's name on it. He'll have had three drinks by the time he gets to me." Celeste smoothed her silk robe, calm as a woman discussing the weather. "My father's ultimatum, your little photograph, and the girl he thinks lied to him. He'll walk in wanting someone to be kind. I'll be kind.""And Amara?""A text at ten-thirty. She'll come. She's the type." Celeste's mouth curved. "She can't help rescuing people. It's her worst quality."Daniel set down his glass. For a moment something moved behind his eyes, brief and ugly. "I want her to see it. I want her to look at him and feel exactly what I felt when she kissed him in front of everyone.""I only w

Amara flew home on the cheapest seat in the plane, row 31, between a sleeping toddler and a man who ate sardines.She had made sure of it. Julian had booked her a seat in business class, and she had cancelled it by text, politely: Thank you, no. He replied with a single line: Understood. It was the last message he sent in nine days.He was there anyway. She saw him in small ways. A bouquet of plain white daisies left outside Room 114 with no card. A grocery delivery to her mother's door that included, for some reason, three kilos of the exact brand of flour Mrs. Bennett swore by. An email from his lawyer, Marcus, confirming that every dollar of Amara's monthly payments had been recorded, with a note saying Mr. Whitlock wished it known that he'd never once considered them a debt.She didn't answer any of it. She went to work, said "good morning" in the corridor, and handed him her reports without a flicker. She was efficient. She was polite. She was a locked door.He's trying, said the