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Chapter 1
Cass
UHG! This sucks monkeyballs!
For the last 18 months I have been traveling on my bike and not once did I need to defend myself.
I have perfectly fine working legs. I see shit, I run. Here I am in Bumfuck, Alaska taking a self-defense class.
It’s a good thing I like my job and my boss. Otherwise, I would tell Arin to shove this up her ass.
I don’t mind the late-night hours at Poison Pen but making me get up at the crack of dawn and work out is a whole other matter.
The only thing that’s worse is the fact I accepted the job knowing she would make me do this.
God, I could use about six cups of coffee. Maybe I could get laid? The guy in the front of the room telling us to stretch isn’t so bad on the eyes.
NO. NO. NO! Bad Cass!
I vowed never to get involved again and something about this guy just screams, “Take me!”
I’m not letting myself fall for that again. No matter how good-looking he is. Even if his long muscular legs make me want to pinch them, no matter how much I want to drool over his arms or the way his soul stares at me through those brown pools he calls eyes.
Slipping out the door when no one is looking, I need a minute to pull myself together. Finding an empty hallway I put my back to the wall and slide down putting my head between my knees.
With the early morning and the hot guy, I’m falling apart and I can’t afford to do that.
Two years ago I had the world at my fingertips. A home provided by my Fiance, friends approved of by my Fiance, fancy clothes, and staff to fill my every whim. Everything a girl could dream of.
Heck, I didn’t even have to drive, there was a driver to take me anywhere I wanted to go at the press of a button. Lincoln was every woman’s dream until he became my nightmare.
Lincoln. Even thinking his name sends shivers down my spine, and not the good kind of shivers.
As a movie company executive, his job is stressful. I get that. But when three of his lead actors got accused of sexual misconduct within a two-week time frame, He became a ticking time bomb.
I tried to make things easier for him but nothing was good enough. Made sure his clothes were laid out in the morning, dinner was ready when he got home, I even had lunch sent to his office every day.
One day he decided to work from his home office, so I thought I would surprise him. Dressed in my sexiest lingerie, quietly I slipped into the office while he was on the phone, he had his back to the door.
I didn’t mean to hear what he was talking about. Approaching his chair I prepared to slide my leg over his and straddle his lap. When his words became clear.
“I don’t care how you do it. Get rid of those bitches! Pay them or kill them. Whatever it takes.”
I was frozen with one foot off the floor when Lincoln looked up from the phone. He must have seen the terror in my eyes because he threw the phone down and wrapped his hands around my neck.
Next thing I know is I’m waking up alone on the office floor with bruises around my neck. I lay there in shock before trying to get my legs under me. It took an embarrassingly long time before I could walk out the door.
The house was eerily silent as I made my way to my bedroom and grabbed a duffel bag from the closet. Stuffing everything I needed inside it, I reached for my cell phone.
Calling my driver, I asked him for a ride downtown. I’m not stupid enough to tell anyone where I’m going, but he refuses.
“I’m sorry Miss Lowell but the Boss told us not to drive you today.”
Without a reply, I hung up. Of course, he wouldn’t let me just walk away. Throwing my bag over my shoulder and walking down the driveway to the gate, I ask the guard to call me a cab.
But, of course, he answers with, “I’m sorry Miss Lowell but the Boss said nobody is in or out until he returns.”
“And when will that be?” I ask.
