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"This isn’t about your godda rivalry with Max This isI’ve worked for, and you’re ruining it!" I sla him

"This is not nearly close to what you’ll achieve The fact that you think I’d fuck it up for you just sho completely naive you are"

I slapped hih the roo with the contact and istered on his face, but he hesitated only a second before cuppingmy lips with his I fisted my hands at my sides No He wouldn’t wear me down Not this ti how hekiss You’re mine I heard his voice inhi beyond my control I trembled with all the love and hate I felt for thishim the way I did

He’d worn me down

He’d won

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Barely out of the city, I sat in traffic heading south, filled with a rage that had hty instead of ten, which is where the needle hovered over the speedometer Hundreds of people were headed to the Cape this Friday afternoon, and while I wasn’t exactly in the mood for a family reunion with my newly discovered father, I wanted to be as far away froth to leave Blake in the boardrooy to Max but spared hi him up to speed Good riddance to both of them They could carry on with their inane rivalry until they destroyed each other in a goddao doith the ship

Blake hadn’t given oing to reward him with our relationship I loved hiain, but I wasn’t about to be a kept wo until I was completely under his power, subject to his whims and wants In the bedroom, I wanted that, I craved it But in real life, we needed boundaries, and as hard as I tried, I couldn’t get hier bubbled back to the surface and I sla wheel

A couple hours later, the traffic finally broke I wove through the traffic, switching lanes like a speed racer until the GPS directed ely therapeutic

I drove the winding back roads toward my destination with a littlee of the beautiful ocean view Other than a short girls’ trip to the Vineyard with Alli, I had spent very little tiht years since I’d lived in New England

I pulled into the driveway of a three-story monster of a home next to a Lexus SUV This was it I took a few deep breaths and loosened er at Blake from my system Today was supposed to be a happy day Maybe it wasn’t too late for that

I got out and peeked over the fence that separated the driveway from the small yard and the beach below The house was built on a steep cliff positioned well above its neighbors, offering an impressive view of the sea on three sides

"Erica!" Daniel’s voice rang out from the back door