Two Can Play (Celeste and Dominic) novel Chapter 151

Chapter 151

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Riley did not respond. She just stared at me, her mouth slightly open, the gears turning behind her eyes.

“You do not want to answer my question?” I pressed.

“I am sure this is a man I love, right?” Riley said slowly, the words coming out hesitant, like she was testing each one before she let it fall. “And I married him. I dress basically for him to admire. So if he no longer finds me beautiful in these sexy dresses, I could make adjustments.”

I nodded, my smile turning sharp. “Oh, you could make adjustments. That is very generous of you. So let us say you give up your career as a model. You start dressing the way this man wants. You become a stay-at-home wife. You cook, you clean, you mop, you do everything to be the best wife you could be. And one day, you find out that your husband has been having an affair.

With someone who wears those sexy dresses he asked you to stop wearing. Someone who is a model. And not just that, your husband funded her modeling career with money. Lots of money. While you were forced to give up your career and stay at home.

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The silence that followed was thick enough to cut with a knife. Riley’s face had gone pale, her hands frozen on the table, her eyes fixed on some point in the middle distance.

“What would you do, Riley?” I asked, my voice soft, almost gentle. “Give me your honest answer.”

She opened her mouth. Closed it. Opened it again.

“Why are you quiet?” I asked. “Cat got your tongue? Tell me what you would do if your husband did all of this to you.”

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