#Chapter94
The Deal
WESTLEY
/"JOIN ME over tonight./" I held his hands and squeezed them while I looked at him in awe—he grew up pretty fast into a handsome man, and I couldn’t believe he finished college on his own. He inspired me.
Austen shook his head slowly. /"No, Harry. I don’t want you to get into trouble. The last time you came to see me, your father grounded you for a week. I can’t let that happen again./"
/"That was years ago, silly./" I rolled my eyes. /"He won’t do that again. Besides, we’re not gonna have dinner with him. He’s out of town until the end of this week./"
/"So, it’s with Mr. Linton then?/" His brow arched suggestively.
/"Just for clarification, we are not sleeping together./" I was surprised to see Clyve’s reaction—he froze in his seat for a couple of seconds when Austen told him he was in love with me, but he neither confirmed nor denied.
/"Let me rephrase, you were sleeping together./"
