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I can’t believe I let my friends drag me out tonight.
Anyone who’s ever worked in the food service industry knows that customers do jaw-dropping things.
And anyone who’s ever been stuck working in the food service industry, even when they’re so sick of all those things, knows that there are two choices: you can take it all on the chin and keep your job—or you can live out the fantasy of every server ever and show the motherfuckers who crossed the line that they messed with the wrong person.
If I’m going to be forced to marry, I’ll be marrying for business. Nothing more. I’m marrying to take the heat off my sister’s transgressions. I’m marrying to solidify the Pushkin Bratva as the preeminent force in the American underworld. Love has nothing to do with it.
I’m Cora now. Cordelia is dead.
beggars can’t be choosers.
“Final question: what’s your name?”
I have to admire her tenacity. She is really claiming she doesn’t know who I am. I’m still not sure I believe her, but it is nice to be anonymous. If just for a few minutes.
“Tell me yours...
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“Or what?” she ch...
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“Or I’ll kick you out for tr...
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“Are you sure you aren’t head of security? You’re on a...
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“I’ll answer when you tell me who you are.”
She hesitates for only a second. “Francia Delacour.”
You’re supposed to tell me if you’re the head of security or not.”
“If I was head of security, would I be drinking on the job?”
“If you were bad at your job,...
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I pass the second glass to her. “I’m not ba...
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“I hate that I actually believe you.” She tastes the drink and winces....
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“That’s a three-hundred-doll...
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“Ah. Well, in that case, it’s the best thing I’ve ever tasted.” She pastes on a b...
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The only reason the glass doesn’t crash to the floor is because the man has Superman-like reflexes and snatches it out of mid-air.
my monster of a stepfather sees me here, there’s no telling what he’ll do.
As far as I’m concerned, that means I’ve won.
“Because there’s not a single person at this party who can stop me from doing what I want.”
“For a head of security, you’re awfully presumptuous,”
“For a naked woman in my office, you’re awfully feisty.”
“I’m not—...
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“Did you just say your office?”
“I did. I’m Ivan Pushkin. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”
I’m a smart man, but I can’t figure out what you’re doing here, Francia.”
“I’m here for…for…for fun.”
“How convenient.” His eyes gleam. “I have an idea...
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Then he pulls me in the final distance and presses ...
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He tastes like cognac and bad decisions.
“I thought you weren’t interested,”
“I’m not interested in marriage,” I correct. “But this is…”
This is reckless. This is crazy.
“You’ve got me on the edge of my seat, princess. This is what?”
He called me “princess,” but I’m not that. I’m not the girl who gets Prince Charming and rides off into her happily ever after. But I can have this, can’t I? Stolen moments with a dark prince all my own. A peek into the glittering world of the youth that I fled from.
“A fairytale,” I tell him. “It’s...
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“Lucky for you, fantasies are what I’m good at.”
“Is that so? Have you been fantasizing about this?”
He nods shamelessly, his stubbled cheek rasping against my face. “Since the moment I walked in and saw you standing in my office. It was ...
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“Get naked and throw myse...
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“Get naked and tell me you don’t want me. It leaves me with no choice bu...
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For just a few minutes, I don’t want to be the scared little kitten who is running from her past and doesn’t have a plan for her future.
So I bite his neck and pull him the rest of the way into me. Ivan thrusts in as I tighten my legs around his waist.
Sex shouldn’t make you question the purpose of life. But this sex does.
“Scream for me. Scream for me, baby, and let me swallow up every bit of it.”
