I expected her to start yelling at me, or talk about how ungrateful and selfish Marcus and I have always been with her, never actually seeing her as our mother or always misunderstanding her intentions. But then, she suddenly broke down in tears. And the sight immediately fried my brain. I'd never
We soon reached the stables, where I was surprised by how many foals I saw. I used to love horseback riding as a kid, but I hadn't been in a saddle in years. "Midnight gave birth shortly after you left," mother said. "I know she was your favourite mare, but she passed away a few years ago. The thre
“Okay, spill,” Jess said, leaning over my desk and narrowing her eyes at me. “You’ve been acting weird ever since you got back from Paris. Did something happen out there?”I looked up and simply smiled. I’d been trying not to think about Paris ever since I got back, but that was easier said than don
“Hi, Chris,” I said. “I didn’t know you had lunch here.”“I don’t,” he said. “But when I found out you always have a bagel and coffee right here, I realised that there must be something special about this place. So here I am.”“So you’re stalking me?” I asked. “More like closely observing,” he said
I don’t remember how long I spent sitting there, wondering what I was going to do about this. Common sense told me to call Chris, but my heart told me to call Ethan. I eventually decided to give up, and I went back to the office with my heart in my stomach and my mind racing all over the place. As
“So, are you going to do it?” Rachel asked. “I don’t know,” I replied. We were sitting on the balcony, eating a pizza and listening to the neighbours arguing over the broken sink. “It’s a fucking big deal,” she said. “You’ll be Joanna’s equal, and you get to run your own branch however you want it
But was that worth going back?I could always just keep my head low and try to avoid any situation where he would know I was back in the States. As long as we never crossed paths, how would he ever know that I was around? Manhattan was a big place. And there was no way we would ever run into each ot
“You don’t have to be involved in the marketing aspect,” I said. “You just handle the money, and I’ll handle everything else.”“You’re crazy,” she laughed, shutting her laptop and turning to face me. “I can’t believe I’m actually considering this.”“I’m not going to force you, Rach,” I said. “At the
“I know enough,” she said. “I knew her even before you did, Ethan. And I’m telling you, she’s nothing but trouble. What happens when she gets what she wants? What happens when she takes everything you have? Do you really think she isn’t a golddigger who is just trying to get close to you for your m
The first thing on my mind when I woke up was Ethan. I bolted out of bed instantly, and I had to grip the bed frame as I swayed and nearly toppled to the ground. I felt like my brain was trying to explode from my skull, and the ringing in my ear was constant. I had to sit down on the bed once again
Everything else that happened was a blur. All I saw was red, and I just wanted to hurt him. It wasn't until he passed out that I finally let up on him, taking a step back and turning to face Liv, who looked absolutely petrified. That was the last thing I remembered before passing out. "Where is tha
ETHANThe first thing I heard was the beeping. As I tried to open my eyes, a blinding pain shot up my entire body, and I almost couldn't breathe for a second. I felt like someone had smacked me in the face with a sledgehammer, and then gotten several bags of cement and laid them all over my body. I
“Forget them,” he said. “We’ll get you some new ones once we’re out of the country.”“Chris, listen to me,” I said. “Please, just let me do this. I won’t take long. You can watch me the entire time.”He stared at me with his eyes narrowed, clearly trying to figure out what I was up to. To be honest,
I saw the moment the gun went off, with the brief flash at the end of the barrel, while I threw myself entirely onto Chris' arm in an attempt to shove him out of the way. But the bullet had been shot, and I turned in horror to find Ethan falling to the ground. And in the moment, I felt like the worl
Oh, God!"Chris," I whispered, my voice barely above a whisper, “what happened to you?"He flinched like I'd slapped him, and his eyes darted down to the marks. "D-don't l-l-look at that,” he said, stammering as he stepped away from me, keeping the gun leveled at my head. "What happened to you, Chr
I'd never felt more fear in my entire life than I did staring down the barrel of a gun, with Chris standing on the other end. To say that I was terrified would have been the understatement of the century. I froze completely, like a deer caught in headlights. And it was as if my brain had switched of
"I'll always worry about you," he said. "It doesn't matter what the circumstances are.""That's so sweet," I said. "Now run along and let me finish packing up here."He looked like he wanted to argue, but I stared him down adamantly until he gave up and shook his head, accepting his own defeat and t