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“Since when did you start drinking vodka?”
“Since you said you wouldn’t kiss me if I drank whiskey.”
“What did Blake do?”
“Pissed me off.”
I swallow. “So you ki...
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“I don’t belong to you, either.”
“I don’t want you, Penelope.”
“But I’m going to take you anyway, and then I’m go...
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I blink. ...
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“It’s only fair,” he says, tone devoid of emotion. An awful sense of dread creeps over the planes of my shoulders ...
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“Why?” I b...
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He doesn’t miss a beat. “Because it’s only a matter of time b...
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“Where are we going?” Although, my heart already knows.
“My bedroom.”
“Why?” I w...
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“Cazzo. Sei perfetta.”
“How many other fingers have been in this pussy, Penelope?”
“Dunno. That’d be a lot of fingers to add up.”
“I’m just saying; that’s a lot of math at a time like this.”
“You hate me.”
“That’s what you think, huh?”
“You think I’m unlucky, at least. Why would you want to be stuck on a boat with so...
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“You eat burgers.”
“What’s my diet have to do with anything?”
“You eat burgers, although you know they’re bad for you. It’s the same thing, Queenie. You’re bad for me—” his stare carves a hot path down the front of my hoodie-clad chest, lands on the hemline, ...
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“All my other fuck buddies call me Penny.”
Violence hits me like a lightning bolt. “And all your other fuck buddies will be six-feet-under if you mention them again.”
“He means, he gets why Rafe is obsessed with you now. You talk almost as much shit as he does.”
“Actually, yeah. I killed him for you too.”
“Why?”
“Didn’t like the idea of another man putting his hands around your th...
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“I can’t stand you, baby. Look what you do to me.” His next thrust feels like a punishment. “You turn me into a fucking animal.”
Even though she’s brought me to my knees and set my world on fire around me, I’m not letting her go anywhere.
“How did you know?”
“When you start using your fists because you need to the feel the bones of the man that hurt her break underneath them.” He eyes my vodka and shakes his head. “When you start drinking like a Russian, even though you own a seventeen-percent stake in one of the fastest-growing whiskey companies in the world.” Meeting my eyes again, he adds, “That’s how you know.”
“I don’t care how lucky you think you are,” he murmurs. “To me, you’re the unluckiest girl in the world.” Instinct pulls me away from him, but he only tightens his grip on my neck. “But you’re also the prettiest. The funniest. The fucking rudest. You’ve ruined my life but I’m not strong enough to stop you.”
He makes a noise of anger. Grabs a fistful of my sopping ponytail. And then he makes me a millionaire. His mouth presses against mine, hot and desperate.
“You must have really liked her to give her the watch Mama gave you when you opened Lucky Cat.”
“I didn’t give it to her; she won it.”
“W...
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“The four-leaf clover necklace. Did she win th...
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“Come home, Queenie. Come home and let me worship you every day for the rest of your life.”
“I am home.”