Eruption (The Hunted, #3)

by Ivy Smoak

James' mother shook her head. "There's no reason to be formal, Jonathan. We all know why we're here." She stared at me for a second like I was completely dense and walked over to the desk. She opened up a drawer and pulled out a checkbook. You've got to be kidding me. "I don't want your money. That's not what I wanted to talk about. I wanted to talk about the way you've been treating your son." She tore a check out of the booklet and stuck her hand out to me. I bit my lip, trying to prevent myself from crying. How could they think that's why I was dating their son? "I'm in love with James." "Of course." She sounded disgusted as she pulled out another check. She set them both down on the desk and slid them toward me. I looked down. Both checks were already made out to me. And they were each for one million dollars. They had already written them. They never had any intention of getting to know me. This had been their plan the whole time. "Don't you want him to be happy?" My voice sounded small and sad.