Ember's POV
"We are not lovers," I declared, in the flattest tone ever recorded by man.
Dad's face wrinkled instantly while Mr and Mrs Harrison exchanged glances and chuckled to ease the tension that surfaced immediately I said that.
Dad's face pulled back into a threatening look and he signalled me with his eyes to remedy my speech.
I didn't say a word, didn't intend to either.
It was Mrs Harrison who broke the ice with another chuckle, "It's alright. I simply want all of us to move forward."
She went on speaking sweetly, "Fred already apologized for whatever it was and he doesn't seem to mind a light smack across the face from his fiancee."
Mothefucking Fred Austin.
He'd told them the full extent of it.
I shot him the nastiest look I could summon then alternated my gaze back to
