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Yolanda’s hands grabbed hold of his collar, her lashes lowering as she buried her face in his neck. “You didn’t

want me.”

The droplets clinging to her skin soaked through Charles’s clothes.

A strange ache tightened in his chest. He lifted a hand and gently patted her back. “Were you scared?”

“Yeah, if it hadn’t been for my brother, who knows what would’ve happened… I kept struggling and they couldn’t do anything to me, just stole a kiss,” she said, her voice rough, her eyes hazy with fear.

But really, her thoughts were drifting to those kisses with Ian, wondering what he was truly like underneath it

all.

She reminded herself–Ian’s acting skills were something even she and Simone Sinclair agreed were unmatched. She’d have to watch her back with him.

Still, there was no denying it. The guy just knew how to get under a woman’s skin.

“Tsk, dangerous men are always like this. Once they start flirting around, it’s hard to tell what they’re really thinking.‘ Yolanda mused to herself, her guard instinctively rising as she recalled Ian’s charms.

‘Well, goes to show–once people start playing around outside, they can’t help but resent the ones waiting at home. No wonder Charles finds the temptation of wildflowers too hard to resist,‘ Yolanda thought to herself.

‘Can’t really blame Charles for getting lost in all those outside attractions, can I?‘ she mused.

“Charles, I’m so scared,” she whispered, her voice trembling.

Charles gently patted her back in a reassuring way, trying to ease her fears.

Yolanda wasn’t sure if she’d really managed to soothe him. Charles could be a real piece of work, but whenever she acted all fragile and scared, his temper would melt away, and he’d toss out a line like, “Yolanda, you’re pretty adorable when you’re like this.”

Charles used to get a kick out of seeing her afraid, messing with her just to watch her fluster and freak out.

But once she caught on to his game, she worried that showing him her messy side would make him lose interest, so she put on a brave face and swallowed it all down, refusing to let him see her fall apart.

She kept bottling up those feelings, until one day, there was nothing left–just numbed out, totally empty inside.

And that’s when Charles would get bored of her, just like that–lose interest and move on.

He tossed the showerhead aside and cradled her face in his hands, his voice soft and teasing, “Look at your lips, all swollen from my kisses.”

He’d been so rough just now, kissing her until her lips were nearly rubbed raw.

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so small and helpless, her pitiful expression could melt

as heartbreak washed over him, something

was a reason the Grant family chose Yolanda–she just had that irresistible aura

eyes,

scooped her up and dropped her onto

fought to break free. “Let me go! Get your hands

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pinned her wrists above her head, his voice full of teasing provocation. “So you won’t let me kiss you, huh? Or did you enjoy someone

guy is such an asshole!‘ Yolanda

down her cheeks, one

froze instantly. If any of his other flings had dared to say no to him like this,

crying, and that pissed him

even more was himself–because those few

moving and let go of her

lips were even more swollen

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more than to slap him across the face. But

she’d won Starlight Entertainment out of

it came to throwing money around,

hell.

hint of forced sweetness in her

so trivial?” Charles teased with a

little laugh, he figured that settled everything. He pulled the blanket over them both and held her close, as if

him. Truly worn out,

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brand–new phone on the nightstand, SIM already

her eyes, powered it on, and spotted

by the police. Do you need to come down

just stared at the message, zoning out for a

last night, Yolanda just couldn’t

he didn’t care if he lived or died. And from the way

did I just happen to pick up a guy like him off the street