TAKE MY BREATH AWAY
“I know I’m not very good at talking about the stock market and brokers, and funds and charities, and whatever you, rich people, consider important subjects in a conversation. That I’m out of my league here. Still, I think, even for a reclusive, a bookworm like me, I never was so bad. I never embarrassed you. But I never actually thought… that you of all people, saw me in this light… as a brainless whore.”
Another ragged intake of breath scissored through her lungs.
“That a man like you, someone I thought so highly of, would be the one kicking me down to the ground again. Now I’m done.”
Nikolas drew a breath. It was like breathing razors. Somehow, he had to… had to… What? What had he got to