Page 160 (1/2)

When he threatened to tongue-fuck you senseless, hly treacherous way

“You said that you would never become involved with someone you work for”

“Yeah, I did,” I answer, forcing aze “What about it?”

“It ht, which is really a step closer, resting his shoulder against the stone wall, sliding his hands under his ar tellshappen to you? Where you worked before?”

“Maybe that’s just a rule I have You have rules too, remember?”

“Holland” He drops his head with a deep sigh, the rumble of my naht I held you inup sharp His eyes burn blue in the gloaht “Rules are, after all, made to be broken”

“Not this one” I can’t believe I’ this when aze away, but I force myself to do it anyway

Because what choice do I have?

“Am I allowed to ask why?”

I could tell hily truth

“I fell in love with the wrongIt sounds so ridiculous How could I ever have loved soon Like the saying goes, a tale as old as time”

“You worked for him?”

“Not like this” Not as a nanny or whatever I am here at the castle It didn’t feel like this either This all-consu experience I’d never once feared I’d be burned back then “He was the principal of the school I worked at When we broke up—actually, no,” I say with a hard-sounding laugh “When he du, I not only ended up alone but I also ended up jobless”

“You were going to be married?”

“Mht that’s what I wanted