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“It got too much for you because... Well, I’m too much. I get that. Bernadette will level me out. She can already put me in my place. And having her will make it seem like you don’t havejusta boyfriend who wants to bang you nonstop.” He peers at me, a sexy snarl lifting the corner of his mouth. “You set me up for failure once. Setusup. Not this time.”
“Ford, I can’t go back and undo what I did. Pratt was a mistake, I’ll admit that.” I pull at my napkin. “And I’m sorry I hurt you.”
His face turns to stone because I hadn’t really apologized until now.
“I never wanted an empty apology.”
“I need to move on.” Sadness clogs my throat. “I want a woman of my own.”
“One who will let you fuck me on the side?” He lowers an eyebrow at me. “Or someone else? Are you going to just stop loving a man’s cock in your ass?”
“No,” I say quickly but admit my confusion. “I don’t know.”
“Bernadette knows about us.”
“I know, someone told her. She asked me, and I didn’t lie to her.”
Ford tilts his head back and laughs. His throat muscles tighten, the chords thick and pulsing in such a fucking sexy way that I’m crumbling inside.
“I think she’s secretly scheming to get us back together,” he says with a biting laugh.
“Then she doesn’t want anything serious with either of us,” I mutter.
I rub my sternum, hurt that she can’t feel the same about me.
“That’s because she’s stuck thinking the only place for her is California.” Ford tries to soothe me. “I will alter that outcome. With her, we get to have it all. Each other and the woman we’ll always crave and love. If you want that too, then I will make that happen for us. I promise you.”
I’m torn between feeling exhilarated he would do that for me and enraged that he’d put Bernadette’s career at risk for it.
Maybe I don’t have faith.
Ford’s cocky for a reason. He may have failed with me, but he’s never failed at anything else. The man has connections everywhere and for everything. He can make anything happen.
Should I trust him?
I can see what he means about Bernadette’s career options. Victoria has space in her warehouse that I know she’s been looking to lease out. Bernie could have everything she’s ever dreamed of, right here in New York.
But fuck, I won’tforceher to stay.
“Bernadette is living under your roof. Do you not see how heartbroken she is over losing those designs?” I wonder if Ford’s heart just beats differently from the average man.
Is it possessive venom powering that massive, beautiful body?
Ford doesn’t spit out some quick rebuttal, instead he softly nods at my question, suggesting he sees the pain in her eyes every day.
“I will get my hands on them,” he says, after a few moments of quiet. “Then, we’ll convince her to stay with us.” He reaches his hand across the table. “You and me.”
His hands are so fucking big, like his cock.
When they were on me, I felt whole.
Kissing Bernadette brought me to that place, too.
“Now I have one question for you.” Ford stares at me with hooded eyes.
“What?”
“Are you going to let me fuck you on this table?”
