rid
clinging to my skin. A folded note and a crisp hundre
bucks? That's wh
inst my body, trying to forget the feel of his hands, his voice, the way h
er felt
on't just call for desperate
my dad abandoned us. He knocked up his secretary and walked out like we were nothing. At first, Mom and I wer
o... I did what I had to do. Two jobs, endless bills, and now... this.
door jerked me
shirt as I opened it. Freya Winter stood t
on, let's get going and yes, I ne
p but chuckle,
t even trying. Radiant skin, killer curves, and the kind of confidence I fake on
" she asked as we steppe
mumbled, h
g with her. She took me and Mom in without hesitation. We split the bi
pain rather than avoids it. We stopped to grab some apples, Mom's
leeping p
her breathe. I peeled an apple, placed a note
after my shift,
ne of the elite clubs in town, serving drink
ot bath. Steam curled around me as I sank i
i
That voice like gravel dipped in honey. We locked eyes acros
eper. Someth
wn him forever. I hadn't planned it. I hadn't planned
ep groan of his voice, the way he
d climbed out of the tub,
quickly a
f garlic and spices hit me lik
d, yawning as I joine
lence until she finally
o.
I knew this
. "Don't play wit
mile. "Amazing. Better than an
grinned. "So? Did you
Nope. Just memorie
s up at the club tonight. You need
d nothing. Deep
ght... he d
e was nowhere to be found. My heart dipped with disa
onths
de the funera
was
doctors said
s, whispered prayers, and sto
d from holding in sobs, and my hands tr
e me, her hand qu
to show up. I hated him. I hated what he did to
ready to leave
ed in black, walking
fr
ck... I
riefly and
eath
was
he man I'd slept with. T
me, expressio
he turned an
e'd ne
didn't
again, wondering why something that mea

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