nly looked at Allison for a moment,
r, but he still hasn't. So what makes you think he'd go against his whole family for you? He's one of the Ashton heirs. Whoever he marries is going to have to deal with that family, their conn
tly what Derek wa
ys been easygoi
is worst, it meant he had a way of making ev
one of the Asht
er married him would eventually get pulled into
y no desire to be
thing. Hearing Derek lay it all out in f
at's still none of your business, Mr. Cooper. Braden and I are young. Maybe we won't get married, but that doesn't mean we can't be togethe
ly being stubborn or finally saying
years ago had left too much ang
time, waiting for the small
bborn person Derek had ever
le for long, and he had even less p
ither tried to please him or were
have felt never came. Instead, something possessive
g her away from Braden might act
ly been about Braden or t
eminded him too
ience than usual, and even his tone came out softer than expected. "I'm only trying to save both of you some
re she was as Dere
ears had passed, yet somehow
remembered was
en he wanted to, but beneath that calm exter
especially interested in one of her social science pr
out something, she could be incredibly stubborn. At the time,
de sure she stayed home
a weeklong vacation to the coastal resorts of Bell
esentment she had been holdin
re trying to talk her into changing her mind. One word from him would have been
this patiently wasn't so
Allison had a hard time keepi
, but the uneasy feeling still hadn't left h
s still stuck on the me
d uploaded somethin
and this time, they seemed even more
tly stared a
she was discharged from the hosp
e eventually met Brade
he kept trying
always staying close in a gentle way and do
his presence hel
heir relationshi
age. "There's a cast and crew party next week, and m
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