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“I don’t know. My priorities were fucked up. I was angry at Dad for subjecting me to the interview process. I wanted Payton. I hated that I couldn’t have her.”
“Love.”
“Or the forbidden fruit.” As she once said to me. I need to be really clear on how I feel before acting irrationally.
Atlas sits up. “I’m not buying it. At first I did. But you never lose your cool. Fucking her at the pool was a risk. You knew very well you could get caught.”
I hold my brother’s gaze for a long moment.
“No, you’re wrong. I didn’t give a fuck. I needed to possess her. To show her she was mine,” I say darkly.
“And what are you doing right now? Ignoring her?”
“Working out how to be a better man. One worthy of her,” I reply.
Every time I think about going to her, I imagine myself driving over there, ripping her door off the hinge, and forcing her to want me.
I’m rough.
I’m dominant.
I’m possessive, and she is mine.
That won’t work this time. I know it in every part of my being.
Thank you very much for destroying my life.
I don’t have a plan, but perhaps for once in my life I simply have to just lay my heart out on the line.
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AFTER WORK I head home, shower, have a glass of whisky, then pace the floor practicing what I will say.
So much for winging it.
All day I’ve been distracted and completely useless to everyone.
I threw half my dinner away because I couldn’t stomach it, and now glancing at the clock, I see that it’s already eight.
If she rejects me, then at least I tried. Honestly, I know I don’t deserve her but, fuck that, Payton Mills belongs to me.
I need to fight for her.
She deserves that much.
“You are a Montgomery. Go get your girl,” I say to myself.
I grab my keys and hit the elevator button. The ride down takes forever. The drive to her apartment takes forever. Then I take the stairs, and puffing, I finally knock on her door.
Silence.
A minute passes and I knock again.
Silence.
Fuck, she’s not home. I pull out my phone and call her.
