ETHANGrowing up, Marcus and I had a sort of sixth sense where we could always detect when the other person was in the building even without us seeing them. As soon as he walked into a building, I could somehow tell that he was around. And I would immediately turn in the direction he was about to wa
I turned away as I balled my hands into fists, memories of that horrible night creeping up once again. I didn’t want to think about it again, so I took a deep breath and slid the file towards him. “Richard is trying to force you out of the company,” I said. “I’ve done what I can to stop him, but we
“What are you planning to do?” I asked, to which he simply shrugged. “You’ll find out.”“Marcus, don’t do anything you’ll regret,” I said. “I’m bored of this conversation,” he said. “If that will be all, I think I’ll be heading out.”“Wait,” I said as he started to stand up. He turned and faced me
Convincing Rachel to come with me was a huge task after the conversation we had earlier. But when I finally managed to convince her, she just wouldn’t stop asking so many questions about the guy she was going to meet. “Is he tall?” she asked as we sat in the back of our Uber. “I don’t know.”“I ho
I wouldn’t consider myself a daring person. I have never been one to do something so spontaneous and out of the ordinary. I’m not a rule breaker. But there was something so unbelievably hot about being in the bathroom with Ethan, with my arms around his shoulders and my legs wrapped around his wais
“Fuck!” he groaned. “You’re so beautiful.”He stepped forward and kissed me lightly, his lips barely grazing my lips while his hands stopped on my inner thighs. His fingers were delicate, and every move he made was measured and precise. There was a sharp clarity about everything he did, almost as if
“What’s so funny?” Ethan asked as we sat down beside them. “Oh, Blake was just telling me about the time you guys got lost in Bali,” she said. “I can’t believe you guys got arrested with a truckload of drugs.”“We didn’t know there were drugs in the car when we rented it,” Ethan said, taking my han
When I was a little girl, my dad used to take me out for walks every Sunday evening around the block. He would place me on his shoulders and we would walk around as many times as he could manage, talking about my weekly tea parties and the latest episode of The Looney Tunes. It was our daily father-
Everything was falling apart, and I couldn’t do anything to stop it. My job was hanging on by a thread, and my sanity was slowly evaporating from the weight of all the secrets I couldn't share. It just felt so exhausting, and I curled up into a ball and stared blankly at the ceiling. I didnt know ho
"Please tell me this is just a dream, Olivia," Joanna said over the phone. “Or some fucking nightmare that I can wake up from.”I took a deep breath and pressed the phone tighter against my ear as I paced through the bedroom, trying so hard not to yell at her. "I'm not going to apologize for what I
Nate strolled into the office casually, and I watched his reflection through the glass as he paused to look at me for a second. It made my skin crawl when I noticed his gaze sweep down to my butt, and that anger fueled me enough to turn and face him properly. I glared directly at him, while he smirk
Ever since I got to my offices, I couldn’t stop staring at the digital clock on my desk. I checked it again for the thousandth time, feeling a sliver of nervousness as I saw that it was still 10:42 AM.Nate will be here in eighteen minutes.I folded my hands together to stop them from shaking. I was
For a moment, I stared at Richard like he'd grown a second head. We sat there in silence, staring at each other as I tried to wrap my head around what he'd just said. Surely it had to be a lie. Because how on earth could he be serious right now?"You're quiet," he said. "I just... I don't know what
I stood up slowly, brushing my hands against my leggings and heading down the long corridor. I needed to go back and apologize. I needed to look him in the eye and tell him the truth about Nate. I needed to let him hold me and remind me that I was still safe.But just as I turned to head back toward
For a long time after I left the office, I still couldn’t believe what happened. Even as I sat down at our new dining table and silently poked at my steak, it did nothing to stop the wave of nausea that was raging in my stomach. Ethan was talking beside me, but I was barely paying him any attention
I still couldn’t believe that Ethan had bought the mansion just like that. He made it seem like it was a pair of shoes or a painting he liked. It all happened so fast, and I just couldn’t believe it. The first week was entirely chaotic. We spent our evenings shopping for furniture, arguing about th
MARCUSI didn't want to do it initially. He didn't deserve a quick death, after all. But sometimes, when someone pisses you off too much, you just have to take care of things. And when you find out that the bastard who tried to harm the woman you love was only going to a mental institution instead o