Damon"Can you believe some of them?" Jake asked in amusement, taking a swig of coke. I huffed, my gaze trailing round the room and a corner of my lips lifting at the look of irritation on his face. He wasn't wrong though. The contest had kicked up about four hours ago. Jake and I were helping out but basically, Shayla was in charge of the entire thing and practically would be to the end. I trusted her judgement that much.She had decided that we start with something simple. The first round was basically a reveal more about yourself round. They had to communicate everything vital thing that mattered to them however they wanted to. What they liked, what they didn't like, what they did for a living, the kind of dreams they had for themselves and things like that. Some had just made a speech. The others had decided to get a little more creative with the task, acting out a mime or singing about their life. A few had even danced to a song that talked about what their life had been and wha

*Damon*I pulled my car into the driveway, finding an empty parking space to park in. I stepped down, shutting the car door and looking at the building in front of me with disgust. My father's lawyer had contacted me again late in the evening yesterday through my PA, asking that I show up this morning for an important meeting with him. I gazed down at my Rolex, realizing that I was right on time.I had hoped to be a little late to piss the old man off.I practically marched into the building, quickly locating his secretary and asking her to inform him of my arrival. She came out more than five minutes later to invite me in. I held down the bile that seemed to rise in my throat once I noticed her hair was looking more disheveled than it had been when she'd walked inside. Not to mention her shirt was a little more rumpled and her lipstick had been cleaned.Asshole.I shot her a dirty look, letting her know she wasn't fooling anyone by sleeping around with someone who was more than twice

*Damon*I stared at the couple bickering playfully a few feet away from me and thought about how lucky they were to have found each other. They were old, probably in their late sixties or early seventies but you could tell that they were still very much in love even after all the years they'd obviously been together. Sometimes I wondered what that was like. Meeting someone and deciding along the way that they were the person you wanted to spend the rest of your life with.Growing up, all my parents had ever done was fight and then ignore each other. It had been so bad that I had known despite being so young that things weren't okay between them. I'd always wondered why my mother had stuck with him. Why she hadn't just packed up her things and left. It was later I realized she had refused to leave her marriage because of the vows.It was very sad really. It was obvious they were no longer in love but she strongly refused to ask for a divorce. And she wasn't even that religious. One thi

*Damon*She was avoiding me. I wasn't sure why I was so surprised. I guess it was partly because I'd come to see her as someone who had no time for games. Before I could even get a word out after talking to room service lady, she had already walked out the door. That was almost two hours ago. She'd been successfully making sure we were never alone together again. And I've been trying to achieve the exact opposite.I watched her as she laughed at something a red head said to her. I didn't think she could possibly get any more beautiful than she already was but she was apparently determined to unconsciously prove me wrong. Her lips lifted in a genuine smile and I immediately understood why it was said that a woman was her most alluring when she smiled. I wondered what it would be like to have her smile at me like that. She always seemed to have her guard up around me no matter how little.Until I was kissing her."Do you think there's a fire extinguisher in here?" Jake asked, coming to

*Damon*Good.I had done what I'd intended to do and said what I'd intended to say. There was no reason for me to still be standing in the room, staring at her and wishing I could take back my words. It bothered me but only the slightest bit that she had so easily agreed to chalk it all up to a spur of the moment mistake. But then what did I expect? That she was going to refute my statement and suddenly declare her hidden feelings for me?It would be more possible for hell to freeze over.I managed a nod and stepped away, even though it might as well have killed me. I needed to leave before I did something entirely stupid. The thought of her easily agreeing that it would also be a mistake the second time was enough to keep me heading in the direction of my room. A ridiculous delusional part of me hoped that she was going to say something. Maybe ask me why I was so easily discarding our kiss.It wasn't a good thing I hadn't been counting on her to react that way. Or I'd have ended up m