Ethan led me to a black Rolls Royce Cullinan parked across the street, drawing the attention of a few teenage boys who had gathered around it and were staring like they’d just seen the Hogwarts Express train. “Why are boys so obsessed with cars?” I asked, and Ethan turned to me with a funny look in
“Before you say anything, I’m perfectly capable of flying us there,” Ethan said. “I took flying lessons when I lived in Germany for a year.”I couldn’t even bring myself to speak. I just stared at him with a dumbfounded expression, allowing him to lead me towards the helicopter. It looked so massive
I forced myself to glance out the window, and as I saw the ground moving away so quickly, I felt like screaming. Normally I wasn’t afraid of flying. But that was when I was in a plane. In the helicopter, it felt like I was floating hundreds of feet in the air, in a very thin piece of metal that coul
It was funny how one simple thing could have changed the entire course of my life. Sometimes, we don’t even realize how easily our lives could have followed an entirely different path. One small change, and you would become an entirely different person. Ethan reached over and took my hand in his, a
MARCUSThe first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a pair of ballet slippers. They were sitting on the bedside table, with glitter all over them and the insides looking worn out. Sunlight was streaming in through the window, and I had to squint my eyes in order to see properly. "Hi," a strange
He took a step back when he realized he'd cracked, and he smoothed his hair down with a sigh. "When your father was just starting out," he said calmly, "I was the one who financed his first business venture. I funded that company. I made it what it is today. And in the end, I was the one who allowe
It's funny how fast time seems to go when you're having fun. It seemed like only a few minutes since Ethan and I arrived at the picnic, and yet when I glanced at my phone briefly to see the time, I realized we'd been there for an hour. Where did all the time go?We'd only just arrived, and he'd ask
He cocked his head to the side as he contemplated my answer, and he seemed satisfied when he nodded and stared at the water. “What about you?” I asked. “What does love mean to you?”“Home,” he said quietly. “Love is that feeling you get when you feel like yourself with someone. Home isn’t a place.
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
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