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I finally realized the constant tingling in my body was not going to let up.
Eve.
Just thinking about her name—her real fucking name—gave me never ending goosebumps. A pulsing ache set up in my heart, and I swear to God I even felt lightheaded.
Eve.
After a few deep breaths, I gazed up at—Eve—and held her eyes with mine. “Your name is Eve?” I asked, my voice cracking slightly. She bit her bottom lip and nodded, looking timid and unsure of herself.
I let an enormous smile spread across my face, feeling—and loving—the pure and utter control I had right now. “Come here—Eve,” I said, clearing my throat as I stood and held out my hand.
I could walk to her.
But what would be the fun in that?
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Eve
This was exactly what I’d been afraid of.
Hearing Nick say my name—my real name—felt like he’d reached inside my chest and cradled my heart.
I’d handed him the power.
My power.
The only thing I’d had left that was truly mine.
I hadn’t been given much in this life, but I loved my name.
It was my grandmother’s name—the only human being who truly cared for me.
I’d promised myself that I’d never, ever disclose it to a client.
But the way Nick had been the last few days—the way he’d treated me so kindly, seeming to be interested in what I liked to do—had slowly weakened my resolve.
The way he’d been so attentive and funny, taking me where I wanted to go, protecting me when the assholes of the world had broken my spirit, then fixing me up when I’d cried.
It felt like he truly cared.
About me.
I knew it couldn’t be true.
I was a glorified prostitute.
There was no way a man like Nick Rosetti would ever fall for a woman like me.
But I was a human being. And even if I’d conjured up the idea that his attention meant he cared for me, I still allowed a teeny, tiny part of me to believe.
I had nothing in this world.
Owned nothing.
Was nothing.
Imagining that I mattered at all to Nick Rosetti was all I had.
