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I’d needed a job and foundat Lyrics, an intioal was si father didn’t have to worry about anything

What hadn’t been inattracted to Bishop, my new boss and the resident bartender

The attraction was insane, and the chemistry was off the charts between us And the obsession he threay should have frightened me, but instead it made me want him even more

He was protective,me feel as if I were the only woht of passionate abandon, I realized he ruined le most incredible experience of my life

He said—vowed—he’d never let o, that I was meant to be his… that it was meant to be between us

And when I all but snuck out of his bed while he still slept, doing the Walk of Shas could never work between us

What I knew for certain was the one-night stand I just had with ain

Because I realized I’d already fallen in love with Bishop

But life was full of conflict, and mine especially was chaos Sometimes that was too much for anyone to take on, even for a man who said I was meant to be his

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“This is bullshit”

I held in rin as my dad threw his first hissy fit

“I don’t liketo pick up the slack on my account”

I rolled my eyes but held in my humor, because I kneould just frustrate him more But I was happy to see this side of hiive me a hard time “We don’t have any other options, Dad Besides, it’s not like I’ another job” I stared down at my father, who sat in his old, worn, dark leather recliner he refused to get rid of He said he broke it in just the way he liked it, and that was that