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-
“Breast cancer,” he said. “We found out last year, and she started getting treatment right away.”I don’t even remember how the tears started to flow. Suddenly I was sobbing like a little girl, and dad came over and wrapped an arm over my shoulder. “I’m so sorry, pumpkin,” he said. “We regretted ev
“I can see that,” he said with a slight chuckle as Blake stepped forward and shook his hand. “How’s your dad?”“He’s good,” she replied. “I’ll tell him you swung by.”“I’d appreciate that,” he said, smiling at her. I was just getting relieved that the awkwardness had passed when Ethan suddenly appea
ETHANI know I can be a cynic sometimes. I don’t try to do it on purpose, but it just happens. Even when I’m not trying to think about the worst things that could possibly happen, I find myself going through them like a list sometimes, wondering how everything could get destroyed. With Liv, I tried
Maybe it was just the gala that had everyone in a good mood. I was certainly looking forward to it. The last time I’d attended was right after high-school graduation, when father decided that we need to start dipping our toes in the business world. He wanted to introduce us to the Bezos family, the
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
From the moment we pulled up in front of the mansion, my mouth fell open and it stayed like that permanently. The house looked like something out of a movie. It was so huge, and my eyes nearly rolled back into my skull as we walked in. There was a grand staircase which swept upward like it belonged
Ethan was discharged the very next day, and I took him back to my apartment. Rachel had traveled down to Miami for a conference, so it was just the two of us in the house. After he’d taken a shower and eaten the lunch I prepared, he immediately sat down to call a real estate agent. “Is that really
I'd thought about seeing Marcus face to face again for a very long time now. I'd imagined standing across from him, looking dead into his eyes and showing him that I wasn't afraid of him anymore. I'd thought about how I was going to stand my ground, and not let him see the fear he'd once inflicted u
For a while, I just sat there and stared at Nate. I couldn't process the fact that he was here, and as my brain slowly booted up again, I felt Ethan tense beside me. "Nate, what are you doing here?" I asked. "Offering my condolences," he said. "I heard about the accident, and I just knew I had to
Ethan ended up taking longer than we expected to get discharged, and he ended up staying in the hospital for two weeks. During that time, he had to get a lot of therapy so he could move his left arm again, because some nerves had been damaged and they needed to heal properly. I stayed with him the