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I tried. God, did I fucking try.
His brother was all that mattered to him. I was simply another conquest in his life. I spent years trying to forget about him. I couldn’t. He was embedded into my skin; he made sure of it.
They say if something was yours, it’d come back to you. Those words echoed in my head as I stood there staring at him.
Stay strong, Paige. You must stay strong.
I wasn’t that naive nineteen-year-old girl anymore, but he had the power to make me feel like I was. Despite being almost thirty, the memories of us lay out in front of me like no time had passed between us. Adrian was my first everything.
From my heart.
To my soul.
To my cherry.
“One last condition,” I firmly declared. “Wherever we stay, I want my own room and it has to be the furthest away from you.”
He grinned again. “Don’t trust yourself to be close to me?”
“More like the other way around.”
He slightly chucked, “Anything else?”
“We’re not friends. This is simply a a necessary evil I have to fulfill in order to get this stalker out of my life, okay?”
“Whatever you have to tell yourself, sweetheart.”
“I’m serious, Adrian. You treat me like an EA and nothing else. I’m just another employee.”
“Let’s see if that’s still demanding that after my meeting tomorrow.”
“After you amend your contract, I’ll sign it.”
“Go pack, Cherry.”
“Where are we staying tonight?”
“At one of my properties downtown.”
“Why do I feel like I’m going to regret this?”
He didn’t pay me any mind, adamantly restating, “Go pack, Cherry.”
I did, trying my best to get used to his demands.
For the next six months, I had to follow his orders. As much as I wanted to shake his effect on me, I couldn’t help but think about what I’d gotten myself into with him.
Or by the simple fact that leaving with Adrian Drake…
Felt so fucking right.
Chapter Seven
Adrian
“Adrian Drake!” Paige shouted through my penthouse. “I’m going to hurt you! Badly!”
I laughed. I couldn’t help it.
