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I didn't want hi to say? No, Briar, don't fuck this douche So what if he's rich and hot and incredibly interested in wooing you

I don't have a claim to her I can't tell her to keep her pants zipped

Yeah, I haven't dropped ht in Toronto It hasn't felt right

But I can't have her

I' to be that asshole who tells her not to fuck someone else just because it makes me sick

She's a grooman She can do what she wants

No matter how much I hate it

"He treated you like shit," I say

"He was really sweet, actually"

I hate his stupid face and his hipster haircut "Still hate him"

She smiles "This place is new?"

"That was a year ago"

"A year is new"

"It was tirade Especially with shit with Adam I wanted space for him here Didn't know he'd lock himself in the mansion"

"You didn't have room for him before?"

"Not enough"

"Only a thousand square feet for him?"

"That spare bedroo in my bed"

She s in this scenario?"

I see it immediately Briar ininto mine

The two of us locked together

It's absurd I don't cuddle

I don't kick woentleoodbye

I don'troutine—especially if it coer in it

I certainly don't drea her lemon soap

That's relationship shit And I'm not capable

My brain is confused All this shit with Preston This ruse That's it It's too much

"Liam? Are you okay?" she asks

Fuck, what are we talking about? Sleeping arrangerown ed"

"The floor," she corrects

"Whatever gets you off"

"Really? If I said it would get me off if you slept on the floor, you'd do it?"

"If I get to watch"

She shakes her head you're ridiculous, takes a long sip, turns her attention to the view "Did you buy the place to piss off the tech douche?"

"My first bid was to piss him off Then I fell in love"

"I can see all the way up to midtown And the water The view is better than your office"

I nod

"You've never mentioned the view"

"I'm used to it"

"I don't know if I'd ever get used to it I've been in New York since I was eighteen, but it still amazes me" She turns tohas it been for you?"

"In the city? Since college" I've always loved the city The life, the energy, the people It's a rew up Or the secluded boarding school I attended

But it's so h her eyes

Bigger

Bolder