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Unafraid.
“Yeah, a couple of months back, I recommended one of them, and she ended up loving it. It’s a debut, though, and the author’s following is practically nonexistent, so they’re letting me handle it. I contacted the author with an offer. We’ve started tweaking the book to make it a little more marketable. She’s checking all my work, of course, but it’s incredible.”
I make a mental note, no longer annoyed at Hawk. I wish I could have been the one to peel back those layers, sure, but I’ve learned something invaluable about my little poison today.
She loves power.
She likes to be the one in charge, the one who chooses how things are going. I should have guessed as much when she broke our contract, but at the time, I only understood that her pride demanded she be the only girl in my life. Now, I’m guessing that she also had issues with the fact that she wasn’t in charge. Neither of us had a choice in our betrothal, but there’s no denying that the power balance was always in my favor. I’m the one with the right name, the wallet, the adoration of the public. She doesn’t get to come up with offers, tweaking things to her liking, or tell me how it’s going to be. And she never will.
That doesn’t mean I can’t give her the illusion of control, if it keeps her in check.
“Well, I, for one, am glad you could join us. Those heathens are woefully illiterate.”
Why do I keep Hawk around, exactly?
On top of being a professional piano player, he’s often been referred to as the hottest Anderian elite. His messy white-blond hair and piercing blue eyes might have something to do with it. The dick.
“It certainly beats turning into an icicle,” Ivy jokes.
What the fuck?
She neverjokeswith me.
Which might potentially have something to do with the fact that I never gave her cause to.
Self-inflicted though my situation is, I still want to punch the gorgeous, sorrowful, literate fucking pianist I should never have invited.Sure, Hawk. Come in my jet, Hawk. We’ll chill in my manor, Hawk.
Fuck him.
I lean in, bringing my mouth to the crook of Ivy’s neck, inhaling her soft sweetness, before raking my teeth along her earlobe.
I feel her freeze, and a shiver runs through her entire body as she gasps sharply.
Before she gathers her senses enough for a response, I return to my seat.
Everyone around the table smirks, even Bella. They all know what I did there. I’m marking my territory as clearly as if I’d pissed all over Ivy.
Mine.
“Yes.” Bella, bless her, clears her throat. “Freezing to death wouldn’t have been a fun way to go.”
“I want to die of a heart attack, surrounded by seventeen naked chicks,” Hux declares.
“Why seventeen?” Bella wonders.
He shrugs. “Why not?”
“Well, I’d rather go like Rose inTitanic.”
“After chucking millions of dollars of diamonds in the ocean?” Caden asks.
Sebastian makes a face. “You’ve watchedTitanic?”
“We’ve all seen it. I just have the balls to admit it. How about you, pussy?”
Seb rolls his eyes. “Let Bels finish. Why like Rose?”
“Well, she did everything she wanted to in her life, right? Lived it to the fullest. And then she died and met her soulmate again behind the pearly gates.”
