Chapter 39
Juno
I’m moping on the couch, rewatching my favorite moment in all of fiction—the scene in Encanto when Isabella creates a cactus.
What I’d give for such a power.
Oh, well. I’ll have to settle for the cactuses I’ve got: trusty El Duderino and his new brother, Chateau de Chambord.
Crap. Thinking of the new cactus reminds me of the person who gifted him to me.
Lucius has been extremely persistent over the last three days. There have been calls, voicemails, texts, emails, and various gifts.
If I’m honest with myself, he’s beginning to wear me down, but I have to be strong. The thing he most likely wants is to convince me to keep the fake relationship going, and that’s not something I—
My phone rings. Is it Lucius again? Is he like the devil—think of him and he calls you?
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