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100 Days With My Nemesis ~104~ THE PLAN
HAYDEN The question is almost inaudible. He looks younger suddenly. And very much afraid. I could give him a pretty answer. But he deserves better than that."Yes."His eyes search mine. "Really?""Yes." His shoulders loosen by a bit. "But it isn't clean. There are days you think you've moved past something, and then a smell, a voice, or a hand touching you unexpectedly throws you twenty years backwards." His throat moves. “You'll still get angry, Marcellus.”"Fantastic.""You'll still have nightmares," I say. "You may always hate certain things."He looks away."But eventually..." I pause. "You'll realize you went an entire morning without thinking about them. Then maybe an afternoon. Then a day. And when you remember, it won't always feel like you're back there."His face contorts in agony. Fuck. I know that expression. Hope hurts when you've lived without it long enough. It feels like someone is trying to pry open a door you welded shut for a reason."The memories get fart
100 Days With My Nemesis ~103~ POT & KETTLE
HAYDEN Collins unlocks his tablet and hands it to me. "It started approximately twenty minutes after Joshua Walker's death was confirmed internally."That is quite fast. I look at the screen.Tiffany Walker is standing outside St. Catherine's, surrounded by cameras. Her face is swollen from crying. The headline beneath the live broadcast makes my jaw tighten.JOSHUA WALKER DEAD HOURS AFTER EXPLOSIVE MARCELLUS GREGORY CONFESSION VIDEOBelow it, another catches my eye.WIDOW DEMANDS INVESTIGATION INTO BILLIONAIRE MARCELLUS GREGORYMarcellus makes a strange sound behind me. I turn.His hands remain locked around the crutches. His knuckles are white."She thinks I killed him.""Collins, leave us. Thank you," I say, and he nods, leaving with his tablet."You don't have to worry. The truth will be made known to the public," I tell him, and he swallows hard.He stares straight at the garden. I stare at him.Now that the anger between us has cracked open, I see things I never allowed
100 Days With My Nemesis ~102~ RECOGNITION
MARCELLUS His expression changes, tension creeping into his figure. Then he sits across from me. He lowers his gaze, releasing a sigh. I stare at his ringed finger for a few seconds, my gaze darting back to his face. Then I recall the damage I'd wreaked on his company. And the fact that he'd been unwell. A strange twinge of guilt settles in my chest. Just as I'm about to apologize, he speaks."I didn't want to believe it. But after everything that happened lately, I realize I'd been lying to myself. I saw you," he says.Hayden's throat moves. "Years ago."My hands become cold. "No."Shit.I didn't think he would really mention it. Maybe he really wasn't as cowardly as I thought."I didn't know it was you," he tells me, and my stomach churns."Don't.""Marcellus—""You saw me," I grit out.Hayden closes his eyes briefly. "Yes."The memory hits me with a brutal clarity. I am small, on my hands and my knees, my pants gone. My ankle had been chained. And there was a line of men wa
100 Days With My Nemesis ~101~ THE FOUNDERS
MARCELLUS The villa grows louder before they even come inside. Nora sits beside me on the edge of the bed, pretending she isn't watching my face. I pretend I don't notice. Neither of us is particularly convincing."You can still tell them you're too tired," she says."I'm fine."Her eyebrows rise and I smile weakly.My body feels as though someone hollowed it out and poured wet concrete into the empty spaces. The migraine has settled into a steady pulse behind my right eye. My ribs ache whenever I breathe too deeply, and a sick heaviness sits under my skin that has nothing to do with the medication.Somewhere out there, someone has spent years pulling strings around my life while I congratulated myself for seeing every threat before it arrived. Apparently I am very good at noticing exits and spectacularly bad at noticing when my entire existence is being manipulated.Wonderful.Nora squeezes my hand. "They're here."The bedroom door opens before I can answer. Eden Wolfe enter
100 Days With My Nemesis ~100~ BLOOD TIES
NORA His expression changes. Just enough for the old calculating sharpness to return beneath the exhaustion. "Answer me." Celine's lips part. Mars shifts weakly against me, trying to lift his head. Pain flashes across his face, and I press one hand gently to his shoulder. "Stay down." He ignores me. “I saw you," he says. Celine's face loses all colour. "Where?" I ask. Mars' gaze remains fixed on her. "At the hospital." Her fingers clutch the fabric over her knees. “I don't know what you mean." "Yes, you do." His voice is still weak, but it has hardened. "You wore a cream coat and sunglasses." Celine looks towards the door. My stomach knots. "When was this?" I ask. Mars answers without looking at me. “When we paid Josh a visit." Celine closes her eyes. "The sign above the corridor said Oncology,” he continues. Celine says nothing. Mars' face drains further. "You went into the cancer department." "It wasn't—" "What kind?" His voice cracks. Celine presses both
100 Days With My Nemesis ~099~ THE MOTHER HE NEEDED
NORA It's Celine. My arms tighten around Mars instinctively. He remains asleep against my chest, his cheek pressed beneath my collarbone. I stare at the closed door.He said he didn't want to see her today. That should be the end of it."No," I say.Silence follows. Then Celine whispers through the door, "I only want to know if he's all right."I look down at him. His lashes rest peacefully against his cheeks."He's sleeping," I answer."Please, Nora."There is no demand in her voice now. I close my eyes. I should send her away. But what if… there’s more we don’t know."Come in," I say. "Quietly."The handle turns slowly. Celine slips through the narrow opening and closes the door behind her.Her face is swollen from crying. The knot at the back of her head has nearly fallen apart, and her coat is gone. She looks smaller without it.Her gaze lands on Mars. For several seconds, she does nothing but stare."What happened to him?" she whispers."You happened."Her eyes close brie
100 Days With My Nemesis ~005~ TRICK OR TREATS
NORA I finally collapse onto my bed, the familiar scent of my childhood room doing nothing to calm the storm in my head. Two Tylenol and a glass of water later, and my skull is still spinning like a broken carousel. I refuse to think about the fact that I might or might not be legally marr
100 Days With My Nemesis ~004~ FACE-OFF
NORA I stare at him, my pulse roaring in my ears. I feel sick to my stomach. But I curl my fists, refusing to show it. "Start from the beginning. Tell me everything," I spit, my voice unsteady. "We're married, Nora," he says flatly. "That's all you need to know." A wild laugh bubbles out of
100 Days With My Nemesis ~003~ MY PERSONAL APOCALYPSE
NORA My skull is hosting a full-on rave with bass, strobe lights, and the works. I groan and crack one eye open, only to get assaulted by aggressive sunlight and the mother of all hangovers. This is not the Evermont ballroom. This is... a hotel suite? Oh God. Where the hell am I? Ugh, my
100 Days With My Nemesis ~002~ AN IMPROMPTU DATE
NORA His scent hits me first. How is that possible? It's been three years. Yet, I still recognize it.Woodsy scent, mixed with that perfect amber. A scent so expensive and masculine that I spent entirely too much time pretending I didn't notice back then.My heart starts racing as he takes
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