Rafe stared at the paper like if he kept looking long enough the words would rearrange themselves into something less final, something he could argue his way out of, but the sentence stayed exactly where it was and every time his eyes moved over it his chest tightened all over again.“That is not real,” Rafe said quietly.Dante leaned back against the desk.“It is very real.”Rafe shook his head slowly.“You cannot own a person,” he said, his voice firm even though his hands were trembling slightly, “that contract cannot be legal and you know it.”Dante folded his arms.“You were not forced to sign it,” he replied calmly.“That does not make it right.”“It makes it binding,” Dante said.Rafe looked up sharply.“You are telling me I cannot leave,” he said, “and even if I walk out of this building I still belong to you.”“Yes.”Rafe laughed softly but there was no humor in it.“That is insane.”“You signed,” Dante repeated.Rafe pressed his fingers into the paper.“I was rushing,” he sa
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