The Rule Book

by Sarah Adams

“I may be a little unconventional, but I’m a damn good agent, and I plan on sticking it out until Derek gets over his temper tantrum and lets me prove it. When he’s ready, I’ll take his career to a height he didn’t know existed.” She winks and opens the front door. “ ’Night, boys. Enjoy the pasta for me, it was nice meeting you!”

Nathan—Dad—looks at me with disappointment in his eyes. “She’s incredible. And you didn’t even say thank you for making your dinner. You have five seconds to explain your ass, or we sic the wives on you.”

He’s always been able to undo me in a way that terrifies me. When he’s around, the rest of the world might as well not exist. It’s consuming. And it’s exactly why I let him go before. But what about now? Am I ready for it this time?

Bill needed to grow some ovaries and fight for his client.”

I was a fool for thinking I could ever orbit around Nora without falling into her gravitational pull. She owns me.