her'

en he slowly dropped my hand on my lap and stood to hi

trasting the turmoil that'

look at me. "We're already well into the third year of the damn contract

believe my

ed about me in the same way I'd fallen hopelessly in love wi

estraints of the legal documents. Or that he would at least renew the contract whe

to my feet. "Am I not satisfying enough? Do you need me t

t in a firm tone and

s, Asher!" My voice rose in a surge of anger. "I

u deserve, Heather! That's

t you just terminated

re making it official soon!" It came out in a thunderous boom. I didn't know if it was

be sure I wasn't staring at a h

questioned

ne years, I finally reunited with my love, and you think I'd want to kee

'd been able to force back dow

re not... yo

because I was waiting for her, you see? I waited all my life for thi

tness. It was as though he was begging me to understand his point of view, but I

istraction, and then he call

t, even though he was taking his time to acknowledge it, he ca

d I be s

. a blow to your purse, so I'll pay you the balance of everything I would have paid you at the end of the contrac

hit me like a glass of

d anything good could come fro

any related entanglement. He just wanted exclusive rights to someone he could fuck

'd only been him maintaining his glorified sex doll, and now that someone else was here, the real love of his

ly. "But I don't want any compensation from you

f you don't want the money, at least take

use for

illing to splurge so generously on me, Asher? I

at always made my heart flutter, but this time, my he

. I stood rigidly there, refusing to relax in the ambiance of h

hold of me stiffen before he suddenly retracted his h

lt b

id of any emotions. "I'll give you till the end of

ed firmly, and Asher s

paused when he got there and raised his voice again wi

it back. I waited for a few seconds to be sure he wouldn't open the

down a