Deceit (Gallows Hill, #1)
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We have the same bleak and dark sense of humor about life and the future. He’s more like a brother than an uncle to me and it’s not just because we
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are only ten years apart. We both hold a deep resentment for our last name and what it means to be a Putnam, the responsibilities we are bound to from birth.
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Ronan is the only member of an Elder family that has made it unscathed thus far.
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“I’ve heard she’s a nice girl,”
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“I’m sure she is. Gonna suck for her when she figures out I’m not a nice guy.” “You sure she doesn’t already know that?” Ronan asks with a dubious look.
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“If she doesn’t now, she ...
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“Really? It seems as though you were being kind to me to gain my trust. Worming your way past my defenses, to do god knows what, either at the bidding of my fiancé or maybe even his father. Hell, maybe for your own vendetta. Either way, I would very much appreciate it if you would take your hand off of me.”
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“I didn’t know who you were at first.”
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You will not touch her thigh.
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I don’t know what the fuck is going on with me, and I don’t know how to stop it.
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She is not even close to the first student to try to gain my attention, but she sure as shit is the first that’s succeeded.
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Inserting myself would not only create problems now, but it could be the end of my life if I wasn’t careful enough.
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I was tempted to say to hell with all the rights and
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wrongs in the world, lay her down right there and bury myself inside her.
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All I knew was there was something about this woman that I ne...
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Fuck. This girl has been in the states for less than a week and she’s already
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consuming practically every thought of mine. This is bad, bad, fucking bad.
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A part of me is actually saddened by that fact. That someone will taint her innocence, her fire.
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Sometimes the most precious things hurt the most.
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That’s Vincent Griggs. Total loner and a complete jerk off.”
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“You have a banging body. Why are you hiding it?” she asks.
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I actually can’t relate to that statement, at all. I’m not sure I would willingly do a single thing for Asher Putnam.
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“Well, you can have him. Honestly, I have zero interest.”
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My mind flicks to the handsome, inappropriately too old and clearly off limits man. I don’t think it’s all in my head, I think he feels it too. I swear he was about to kiss me in the shower last night, or at least he wanted to. I know I sure as hell wanted him to.
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Is it really so bad to lust after your fiancé’s uncle, if said fiancé is a grade A asshole? Maybe, but I can’t seem to stop myself all the same.
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“Someone’s gotta suck my dick and I know it’s not gonna be you.”
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“Asher took off.” “He just left you,” Ronan asks sharply, blinking slowly like he can’t be hearing me right. “To be fair, I told him to let me out when I saw the smeared lipstick on his neck,”
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“It’s an arranged marriage, obviously we don’t love or even like each other, but I have a problem with arriving at an event on the arm of my supposed fiancé, who is donning another woman’s lip shade. It’s disrespectful and embarrassing. It looks like I’m not enough to hold a man’s attention. I just—”
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“You’re more than enough. Asher is rebelling and taking
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it out on you. It’s not fair but I hope you know it’s not personal.”
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“You’re not going to lay a goddamn finger on her
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unless she has given verbal permission.”
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“I’m serious, Asher. I can only protect you for so long. With…”
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“Everything, aligning the way it is, you have to be better.”
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“So, what’s this party for anyways?”
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“This is your engagement party.”
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“He doesn’t deserve you. He never should have left you like that tonight and shouldn’t be treating you like he has.”
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“You deserve so much more than that. You deserve…everything.”
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“Even if I did, I’m not sure that’s in the cards for me.”
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Ronan’s hands grip my hips, guiding my movements as he begins grinding me against him.
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“Christ baby, you’re fucking soaking my pants.” “I’m sorry,” I pant as I continue my movements, angling myself so my clit is perfectly stimulated against his cock. “Don’t be,” he practically growls. “It’s so hot. Ride me, baby. Make that pretty little pussy come all over my suit.”
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“My apologies. Your mother, you look so incredibly like her. It’s amazing, actually.”
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“Freedom is an illusion, Princess. This place,”
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“It’s all smoke and mirrors. Beautiful on the outside, captivating, promising life’s biggest riches and rewards.
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Everything comes at a pric...
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“Man, I don’t know why you’re so pissed about marrying her. She’s easily the hottest fucking woman that’s ever set foot on this campus. I’d stick my hand in a blender just to eat that ass once,”
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“Nah, but I’ve never seen a better ass than hers.”
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“You been eye fucking my wife?”
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“Fiancée,” he corrects, “and fuck yes I have. She’s fucking delectable man. You need to stop the douchebag routine and benefit from this arrangement. A beautiful virgin cunt, pr...
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The woman that I haven’t been able to stop obsessing over since I found out what her lips taste like.