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He arches a single eyebrow “Does Jackson deserve your unwavering loyalty?” My breath hitches, the world spinning slightly around ainst , Aria And you know that I’ll be waiting for you”
A chill in the air brushes over me when his lips leavehts, and a very big decision to make
Chapter 8
Liam
Late into Monday afternoon, I sit behinddon core through er I’ve sat here today, the more my muscles twitch with the need to run and fetch Aria It’s been twenty-four hours since I last pressedand brutal
Before this weekend, I’d been convinced that not fulfilling the lust I endured with her had been torture I rong When I walked away fro I’ve
ever done as a man, and quite possibly will ever have to do
For three days,Her
Noithout her, I’ in the darkness, unable to fully get air into s It’s hard to re seemed so natural, so easy I want that I want her
For what has felt like hours, I’ve been stuck, staring at the high-rise housing Keller LLC, where Aria is working this o to her, and then I’ve reain Repeatedly On one hand,that she’s mine On the other hand, I know that I cannot a I want her to choose to be mine
I suppose that’s why I can’t see my reality was different She hasn’t coer blistering my blood toward Jackson isn’t about his betrayal with Sophia It’s about the way he’s poisoned Aria’s ainstto him Power that I want to shift to me
“Today is a very good day”
At the low gravelly voice filling my office, I turn inTho the roo man, both in looks and in character He’s thick around the middle, salt and pepper on top, and his dark blue eyes shine with the wisdootiator and savvy businessood news on the Bakker deal, I take it?”
“Excellent news, indeed” Thoars He opens his suit jacket and sits in the brown leather chair in front ofin within the hour to negotiate some of the terive us too much of a problem”
The little stuff went hand in hand with negotiations, and I’m not concerned “Good Norcross will be pleased” And pleasing the clients pleasedthis deal I lean back inover control of this while I was gone this weekend”