Mark, tells me, and something at the back of my mind tells me this is important, yet, all I c

tting h

s a pushy bastard sometimes. While the HQ is situated at Milan, we'd recently branched out into LA and I'm here to oversee the start and growth of this branch myself

erk who had little to no value for human life and it was making the work environment hostile. How was

fortunately, no one shares my sentiments-or lack of-and I'm stuck with these thirteen

ire them all. Th

tortured scream. My employees shift uncomfortably, and Darcy, a well-mannered woman in her mid-f

y irritated. They had fights inside their home all the time. Never outside. Never this close to the fenc

isapproval. Darcy looks like she's upset or ate something bad. Fuck. I

be in control. Outside my turf, there's a vulnerability I try to squash. I try to have as much control as I can over my schedule, my s

to the white gate twice. I'm never h

owned out by the howling wind. Minutes trickle by and I grit my teeth as I cou

espo

ton, the towering black gate slides to the left and I am greeted with hard blue ey

and scratch wounds line his arms. My gaze flicks to the house beh

rom him, one he tries so hard to cover with laughter." My w

forehead." You're bleeding." She f

." Susanna plays rough. You understand how these women are-"Just then, she runs out from the sliding door, heading straight for me. Her left eye is sw

ut before I can make that mistake, he catches her around her waist, laughing and kissing

from me as he says," It's a kink of hers." His blue e

eyes off her as

punched shut beseeches me. Ple

my wife on her death bed that I wouldn't return to that life. The life where I was untouchable, invincible. I still am, to an extent,

point not to look at the wom

says hastily," Would you care to

to mask it with another smarmy smile. However, my eyes aren't on him. They're on his wife and her grey eye that sears in

own words

the side." I must decline your offer, but thank you. I have plans." Plans, loads of work, same difference.

asure. A proud creature with pretty feathers, this one. While she may spend her days obeyi

e lift her lips." Of

the right thing. But a much bigger thought occu

. Susann