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FOURTY-EIGHT: Good Girl

Author: Circeleari
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The silence after I said I’ll agree feels as though the air itself forgets how to breathe.

Dante’s hand is still braced against the desk, veins tense beneath his skin, eyes locked on mine like I just agreed to sell him my soul instead of signing a contract.

Maybe I did.

The assistant, unfortunately, the same one I had seen him mooching off when I first came into his office—tall, pretty, legs-for-days—recovers first. “That’s wonderful news, Dr. Eris. I’ll have the paperwork drawn up right away.”

Her voice is too smooth and far too practiced, too damn interested when she glances at Dante for approval.

He doesn’t look at her now does he even blink. His eyes stay on me, dark and unreadable, as if he’s dissecting my pulse beat by beat.

I swallow. “So, uh . . . just a standard contract, right?”

My voice comes out thinner than I like.

He finally leans back in his chair, the motion lazy and predatory. “You really think anything involving me is ever standard?”

A humorless laugh escapes me. “Yea
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