BATTLE OF DESIRE

e coolness of the office. Her eyes were darting about as she stood, stock still, in front of the

after Jullian. By the time Marcia reached the parking lot, Jull

watched the disappearing vehicle, she muttered under her breath, "Five years...just like that...f

ust getting back now?" a dark-haired man asked Jullian as he walke

esponded, heading toward the mini

, raised his near-empty glass to

gback chair, facing the room's entrance. Jullian settled into the black three-s

lass, he replied, "As e

d she's allowed to have emotional outbursts," his father responded, a slight smirk

morning at Oltre Bacchus. The scene with Marcia's face as she worked on the crate, the scene with Marcia,

't even talk to me," He asked his father, his voic

easy way and there's the ha

ed up at his father with one eyebro

s if he were sorry for his son, "Well, Jullian Grayson, heir to the Grayson empire, what do yo

llian in a mock toast, "you could do it the hard

ain. "By the way, help me understand something. Why are you, son, so distre

in love with her. And now that she's

n't have to explain anything to anyone!" Elander Grayson stood up in a huff, looking d

lebeian, she should know her place! Whatever you want, is what she must do. This

er's gaze. "But, Fat

you want to prove yourself, right? You want to show us you can make your own decisions and

to the carpet, away from his

the time, no matter how it affects anyone, no m

rom his glass. "I hear you, Father. I understand. But this is

dle things," Elander said, his tone calm and even. "And of course, if you need any help, you can always come to

ul yet dangerous glint in his eyes, downed the last d

, exhaling, his arms hanging off to his sides,

e unbecoming. So, he did what he'd been taught to do. He took deep breaths, starin

his drink, placed the glass on the side t

hit something a

red it like it

and her fellow club members sweated, running and jumping around passing studen

ccasional spraying of cold water on the

ome other allowable beverage, she and her club members

-toned student walking fast toward the main college school building, head down, shoulders stooped, s

udent had a build somewhere between a run