Semua Bab Say it Again-Tell Me l'm not just another deal to you : Bab 31 - Bab 40

"What do you plan to do if he really does enter Gravity's life? He's going to find out the truth sooner or later."I brushed her off. "I'll figure something out." But the truth was, on a deep-down level, I didn't believe Tucker would be in Grav's life. He'd always been ridiculously selfish, to the point of being narcissistic. "Still mad at you, Kier."He folded his arms across his chest. "If I explained to you that he was in New York and he wanted to see his kid, what would you do?""Laugh and tell you to fuck off," I offered off the top of my head."I rest my case." He spread his arms wide."Kieran, he cheated and left me an-" "I know." Kieran cut me off. "I'm not throwing all that away.". He's a ghoul and he had it coming, and I'm sure it's only going to get worse. This is not me defending his ass. All I'm saying is it's not just you in the picture. You have to take Gravity into account, just in case he has improved. You owe her that much.She can't speak for herself.Timothy was qu

I released the air now I was certain my child was okay. "It is literally six minutes away," I complained."New York is not safe.""Thanks to people like you," I spluttered, trying to ignore the obvious feeling my heart was melting into gooey, golden butter, nestling in between my thighs, leaving me wet. Noisy Flinn was a total panty dropper. "I watched Tucker's face.""My sympathies," he drawled."Sincere question, Flinn, what were you thinking?"A fleeting moment of silence slipped past before he responded. "I owed this to Row. This has nothing to do with you whatsoever. He's had it in for that man for four years now, almost five."My buttery heart turned to stone. Of course, it was about my brother. Always was."You could have gotten into a lot of trouble.""He wouldn't have breathed a word," Flinn maintained."How do you know?""He knew he deserved it."I wasn't sure Flinn was accurate on that one. Instead, I guessed Tucker didn't want to start a war with a guy like Flinn, someone

Come on, I'm not going to lie, it's sleek, intelligent, and super freaking sophisticated." I pushed the iPad back across the surface to him. "But I can see why Bruce 'Family Man' Cole is hesitating. You're effectively peddling a lie."."Am I, though?" He accepted the iPad, shoving it into his messenger bag. "Who's to say how these relationships are going to pan out? If two people are set on driving their exes insane and regrettably like each other enough, by talking on the Internet, to parade each other around, don't you think they actually have a shot at actually falling in love for real?""Uh, no, because we're in a fake relationship, and the only thing I find that's real is the desire to spoon out your eyeballs every time you get under my skin."He snorted. "You're going to sit there, with a straight face, and say you hate me in the same manner you did when we met on that curb a few days ago?""That doesn't count. You're literally helping me with Grav and money and-" The rest of my

She reached for it. "Should I get that for you?""No!" I shouted, loudly enough that Gravity woke up behind us before resuming sleep. Shit. What was wrong with me? "I'll call her back later."She put my phone back down, chewing on her lower lip. "Look, I just gave a random number. If ten K is too much...""It's not."She needed the money more than I needed fifteen designer watches. And then, for some reason hating being an asshole to her, I added, "Look, just do your end of the bargain to the best of your ability. If this Bruce thing gets off the ground, I'm going to be four hundred million dollars richer overnight and on the fast track to billionaire status. He's the leading tech entrepreneur in the game.". His business is the holding company of all the big apps. Angry Turds, Verified Villains, Music Play, Telefind.""Is this the reason you're letting him play you like a hockey puck?"I'm not-" I snapped my jaw shut, working it back and forth in annoyance. "Sometimes you gotta be sma

Gravity chose to wake up in my arms at that very moment. She blinked her eyes open, taking in the surroundings, before realizing that she was in some sort of entertainment venue and trying to wriggle out of my grasp."Slides!" she exclaimed, climbing a wooden ladder and sliding down a slide on her back.Cherrie set her chin above her fists in a curl, grinning wider. "Oh, how cute."Wholesome, my ass. She had no idea on what side of Gravity I had access to-the one where I had an appetite for seven extra-large pancakes and belting "Firework" straight through as a burp.Cherrie took us through the centers and Gravity trailed behind, stopping every now and then to get the most out of the toys and the playroom. I gripped Klaus's hand tightly in mine. Our palms were getting a little sweaty, but neither of us released it. It was a test of wills, who was going to blink first, and I was determined to die glued to this woman's hand to drive my point home."Look at our art room, and there's our