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“Hmm. That’s a shame.”
“You’re welcome, Phoebe.”
“Smart girl.”
“Because I don’t want to be jailed for murder if anyone touches a hair on your head.”
Ava’s face lit up. “I bet he’s hot,” she said. “You can tell by the watch.” “That’s what I said!” Jules beamed. “Great minds think alike.”
Alex Volkov pinned me with a wry stare.
“Don’t assume what I want, Ms. Alonso.”
You were supposed to wait for me, Stella. You didn’t.
hard I tried, I would never live up to the expectations of those around me. That I would always be a disappointment. It was my life.
It doesn’t mean they’re inviting people to harass them. Would you blame a woman for being assaulted if she was wearing a short skirt?” She flinched. “Of course not.”
I held out my arm. “Come here, Butterfly.”
“Interrupt me if you need me.” Christian leveled me with a dark stare. “I mean it, Stella.”
Trying and failing is better than not trying at all.
“I’d hoped it would bring Dr. Jekyll back. Mr. Hyde isn’t doing it for me.”
“Not more bananas than getting kidnapped by your boyfriend’s psycho uncle, right?”
“I would’ve, but I was too fascinated by the sight of you stumbling around my living room like a drunken baby elephant.”
“I think you’re one of the most fascinating men I’ve ever met.”
“If you saw yourself the way other people see you,” he said quietly. “You’d never doubt again.”
“That’s all we’re supposed to be.” “I didn’t ask you what we’re supposed to be. I asked you what we are.”
“It’s because you haven’t looked me in the eye since New York. Because you’re all I can fucking think about no matter where I am or who I’m with, and the thought of you hurt or upset makes me want to raze this city to the ground.” Soft, almost desperate viciousness coated his voice. “I’ve never wanted someone more, and I’ve never hated myself more for it.”
“Come here, Stella.”
Seventy thousand dollars for one moment alone with her. It was worth it.
“I could watch you count every grain of sand on the beach and it would be exciting.”

