“Hmmm. I don’t know, Emma, am I? The woman I want a life with tells me she doesn’t actually fucking want it with me.” His anger rises at the closure of his sentence, his husky voice turning more to a growl. Deathly venom lacing his tone. That stubborn, impulsive, logic clouding his normally quick brain.

“I never said that … I said not yet, there’s an enormous difference.” My resolve is crumbling and some sort of weary feebleness creeping over me. I was used to Jake’s crazy violent temper when I was his PA, but I’ve never seen it as his lover. Right now, I don’t know how to react or calm him.

after everything, then I doubt you ever will.” He slams his case shut and yanks it toward him to zip it up. The strength in the way he savages it is almost enough to snap it off.

his chosen path, it doesn’t mean I’m there yet. He has to understand that my past, my life has taught me to be cautious. To be wary of letting

being ridiculous, Jake.” I bite my tongue, wanting to say so much but knowing by his simmering temper that it will lead to an all-out fight in his mother’s house. That rage inside

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