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areful distance from him, my laps tightly clenched to
cared to relax b
h the silence of the car as it moved, "It w
into the seat and finally
"For helping me back there and
ing me last night and paying for the hotel room
didn't imagine it. It felt
n imagine somet
sk getting him angry again. I finally got a cha
n't re
allo
ing. He could have ackno
and the car was quiet excep
the window, realizing that I didn't
t began
hen forced the words ou
you have anywhere to go?" he asked fl
my mouth in protest and closed it again,
e to my laps. "N
t black gate. The gates opened and the car drove in
pened in a
ed without realizing i
hout answering. I quickly ope
g for me while I grabbed my ba
ed the living room. I felt like I
floor was sparkling, I could almost see my reflecti
le and I looked wr
a house like this but every amount that came to my
d forward i
r." One of them t
e the lady's bag and prepare a
eard him right, the maids were already
walking away. "Foll
my bags with the maids. "Mr
kept walking up the stair
s everywhere, sparking my memories of la
s I walked in. Panic rose in me as
" he
the room was at the other end and he was proba
nstincts screamed at me to run
peated, firm
e edge of the bed. Put
his tie and pulled it off, then
ble. Did he bring me
ard and shift
even though I tried to sound tough and
t without turning to look at me.
" I fr
ou out of your apartment." he said calmly as he took off his shirt and I l
" The mention on Christian's name caught my
ugh. "I know everythi
ing in me snapped instant
uld know I didn't seduce him! Then wh
toward me;
ght painfully
the words out, "that Christian and I were
wingly dated a man arranged to marry someo
throat, not just becau
his chest, his abs, the faint lin
body pressed against mine, the strong firm hands th
trying to shake
harassing me with you
d my face flu
shouldn't stand half-n
is my room. I can
y. "I need my job back. I didn't do anything wron
he replied. "And Chri
take the fall because they are your family?
e the answers I di
efeat. My chest tightened and
My grandmother needs surgery and my l
stop it. "Please, I beg you." I dropped m
ch do y
p slowly.
ry?" he asked again, a
mount, stumbling
"All of it. Including
ned in shock. "You...you'll pay
for the first ti
course, how could I forget that?
ression. "You don't
y. "And what do y
ed his bro
, deliberately s
m tone. "I know you're not just going to
"What do I wa
in, trapping me betwee
from my face and scann
ss and I tilted my head to the s
, sending shivers down my s
think you c
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