Chapter 0249
“Hey, Fay,” lvan says, smirking at me as | cross the parking lot to him. His eyes sweep over me, as they usually do, as they didn’t
yesterday. “I like your boots.”
“Thanks,” | say breezily, stepping close to him and unable to keep myself from grinning up into his face. “So d you could make
time for me today, Ivan.” | murmur. “Considering you were so busyst night.”
“Ahhh,” he says, the corner of his mouth pulling up into that smile that makes my stomach twist as he looks down into my face.
“But it worked, didn’t it?”
Iugh, shaking my head at him. “So that’s what it was?” | ask, a little miffed but pleased to hear that he wasn’t just disinterested.
“A tactic to get me to reach out to you?”
“Well,” Ivan says, turning his head a little to the side, “if you didn’t text me afterwards, it was me holding on to my pride and
moving on with a very pretty brte.” His smile deepens as | re at him, unable to hide my jealousy. “But,” he continues,
“since it did...”
Ivan lets his sentence trail off there, smiling down at me, shifting his weight to move even closer. And honestly, | forget to breathe
as | look up into his eyes —
“Ahem,” Jerome says, not even pretending to clear his throat and just saying the word. | jump a little bit but Ivan stays very cool,
keeping his body close to mine as we both turn our heads to look at Jerome standing there, his arms folded, shaking his head at
us.
“Oh, hey Jerome,” Ivan says after a second, leaning away from me and giving Jerome a charming smile. “How are you, man?”
| blink in surprise and see Jerome frown for a second. Honestly, | don’t think either of us thought that Ivan knew who Jerome
was.
Jerome opens his mouth to answer, but | interrupt, grabbing lvan’s hand.
“Come on,” | say, tugging him inward towards the stalls. “Come meet Heathcliff.”
Ivan grins at me and lets himself be lead along. When we arrive at Heathcliff’s stall | drop lvan’s hand to unlock the bolt, but
when | turn to invite Ivan toe in | am surprised to see him standing right where | left him — about five feet away, in the middle
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“Come inside,” | say, gesturing for him toe forward.
“I''m good,” Ivan says, grinning at me and holding up a hand. “I am...close enough out here.”
“What?” | breathe, and then |ugh as | figure out that Ivan is afraid. My eyes flick to Jerome, who stops about ten feet behind
Ivan and he realizes it at the same moment that | do. “Oh my god,” Iugh,ing out of the stall towards Ivan. “You —*
“Um,” Ivan says, taking a step back and watching the dark stall warily. “Do you want to shut that door —*
“Ivan!” |ugh, grabbing his hand. “It’s fine! He’s a big softie —“
Ivan shifts his weight back into his heels and grimaces, actively resisting my pull. “Seriously, Fay,” he says, all pretense dropping.
m amazing out there — | can see him, he’s so pretty! But | am...good, admiring from afar.”
“Oh my god,” |ugh, rolling my eyes
and tugging harder until lvan gives in
and stumbles forward dewSieps
“Bi fia Boss! murmur, looking at
him with a little vicious glee as | lead
him to the entrance to the stall door,
“afraid of the world’s nicest horse.”
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And then | drop his hand as | go in to
pet Heathcliff, who nickers and
nudges me eagerly with his nose
knowing I''ve g sygarbibeSit ny
porken Eb e in,” | say to lvan,
rubbing a hand up and down
Heathcliff''s nose to give him a little
scratch and then moving to stand at
his side, idly stroking his soft neck.
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Ivan sighs and then warily steps into
the stall, looking at Heathcliff like he’s
a bomb about to explo @, “He''s jis
very | inva ey van mutters,
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crossing his arms and looking
intensely ufortable. “The
biggest animals I''m used to
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“Brtes,” | murmur, my eyes a little cruel as | smirk at him. His eyes sh from the horse to me, and | see a smirke back
on his face a little bit.