Chapter 26 Daphne

DAPHNE

“What do you mean he’s not participating?” I practically screeched at Alex.

“He’s refusing. In fact, he said if I didn’t let it go, he’d leave now.”

I sat on a chair in the office where Beau had brought me when I arrived, saying the element of surprise would work best in this case. “He won’t make a scene if you bid on him. You know he won’t,” he’d said when he convinced me to do this.

Now what?

I glanced at Alex, who had a look on her face I’d come to recognize. She was plotting something.

“What?” I asked.

She looked up at me. “I have an idea.”

I raised a brow and cocked my head. “Again, what?”

“What if we…”

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