she was furious , reaching her wits end by men who seemed to think they could push her around . the storm that had been building & building finally hitting with a thunderous roar with no sign of blowing over . too proud & prideful for her own good , there was very little she’d yield to ── but she had played almost all her cards , leaving one ace up her sleeve . it was a long shot , but easton was her fiancé , her partner , facade or not ; not to mention she was desperate . bare feet paced on the pristine hallway floor , pearled whites nibble anxiously on her talons ── something she hadn’t done since she was a child , her father made sure of that . ‘ it shows weakness ’ he would remind her , boy would he be disappointed to see her now . finally mustering up the will power to approach the male , since it was on her own terms , she was in control … famous last words . hands slam down on the wood in front of where he sat ; sure to grab his attention . the four words bubble like acid in her throat , as if her own body was rejecting her dire request . “ i need a favor . ”
𝙴𝙰𝚂𝚃𝙾𝙽 𝙳𝙸𝙳𝙽'𝚃 𝙱𝙴𝙻𝙸𝙴𝚅𝙴 𝙸𝙽 𝙺𝙰𝚁𝙼𝙰 , not really anyway . to him there was no heaven , no hell , no blessed afterlife that he could be deemed worthy for simply by collecting one gold star after another and there was certainly no god , man or woman , who held any sort of power over him . but with each day that he was graced with the pleasure of the petite’s company he had to wonder if perhaps there was some invisible hand taking note of each and every insidious act he’d committed and felt compelled to punish him for all eternity . he’s only half listening to his proverbial pile of coal as she comes barreling into the living room and thus only appears to latch on to one crucial word ; favor . ‘ if you’re thinking of using the words seating chart or sweetheart table with your next breath please know it pains me to inform you that you’re late , business hours ended five minutes ago . ’ it doesn’t in the slightest , but she already knows that , just like he knows that her latest vodka - fueled outburst can’t be boiled down to something so simple as the latest episode of bridezillas : mob wives edition . but if she thought he was going to make it easy on her she had another think coming .