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He cliain I held on to hierous, and I knew he could kill ht be annoyed, and Darren would be angry, but none of that mattered to Kaspar

I was at his mercy

I closed ainst his bare skin and tried to reo: I was a freshe and he was a senior He looked at me then the way he still looked at me now, like he wanted to shove ht then and there

I didn’t think much of him that first tiirl on caarchs already, and I was sh to stay away

Unfortunately, he had other plans

We returned to the beach The staff took the jet ski and rode it toward his private dock while he draggedthe pool, and into the hotel-like sprawling maze of empty rooms and opulent furniture

He tookarea and lavish details like Italian yptian cotton sheets I was used to luxury, and would’ve rather slept in a barn than anywhere Kaspar could get at me

I stor wet I didn’t care if I ruined his fancy rugs He followed, keeping his distance I tried to slarabbed a towel and began to dry off

He watched, taking me in

I hated the way he stared, like he couldn’t get enough of ht as well have been for all it covered

“You hate it here, don’t you?” He spoke quietly and simply

I stopped and looked at him “Yes, I do”

“You won’t ever be happy here”

“Not with you, I won’t”

He see you somewhere nice and comfortable would ease you into this life, but noonder if that was a ”

“You don’t know me” Which wasn’t true Kaspar knew me better than anyone, despite what I wanted

“I’ve been easy on you, baby girl I can be much worse” He took a few steps into the bathroom, but stopped “I’ve been kind to you so far I’ve been nice and easy All I ask is for your hand inyou want in return I’ll ”

I could tell he wanted to close the distance between us I backed away toward theunder control If Kaspar wanted to break my neck and toss my body out a , he could do it with zero repercussions, and he knew it He’d killed before, and he’d kill again, and I didn’t want to become another one of his victims

Except the alternative seemed worse

I could give in and marry him I could become the wife he desperately wanted, and then what?