Love's New Bloom by Simone Hastings

Chapter 7 Divorce Papers

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye. When Erin checked her phone again, she saw Ian had called her several more times.

“Oh, come on. It’s not like my mom has the plague or anything! Does he have to be such a dick?”

She threw her phone aside angrily and hurried into the bathroom outside to shower. Chandler checked her phone when she shut the door behind her. For some reason, his spirits were lifted when he saw the missed calls were from “Jerkwad.”

He put her phone down, then headed to the bathroom outside. The one attached to the bedroom was larger, but he just wanted to use the smaller one. He strode in boldly and wrapped his arms around Erin from behind. This made her jump, and she spun around in his arms, looking up at him.

“What are you…”

He turned the shower off and looked deeply into her eyes.

“I want you to help me shower.”

Erin was lost for words. She turned away from him so she wouldn’t have to keep looking at his body. The sight of it made her mind replay what they’d just done, which made her heart and breathing race.

“You’re not disabled or anything—why should I help you? Anyway, isn’t there an attached…” Chandler pinned her to the corner of the shower before she could finish her sentence.

There was a trace of impatience in his tone as he said, “So you don’t want to? We can always go for another round.”

Erin gulped. She’d pass out if he had her again. She had no choice but to give in to him.

“Alright, I’ll do it.”

the process, and she had to bite her lip to keep herself from gasping at his chiseled physique. Chandler watched her arrogantly, a trace of amusement flashing in his eyes

…

hour later, Erin hurriedly ate something in the suite, then grabbed her

Chandler said, “Hold it.”

obediently swiveled to

at the thought of the photos he had of

not to let any other man lay a finger on

the dominance and command in it.

don’t think there’s anything between us just because we’ve had sex several times! There’s no way I can

Chandler smirked.

do it, huh? Alright, then. I’ll spread your photos all over the Internet later. It doesn’t matter to me since

tightly. She wanted to punch him

do you want from me? Just tell me, alright? If it’s money

leave with him that fateful night. Now, she couldn’t get rid of him even if she wanted to! At worst, she’d borrow some money from Holly

told you that you paid me enough to have me for a

elegantly scooped some

taking her heels off and flinging them at

you and your

I

shut up immediately. Her intuition told her she wouldn’t make it out of the hotel if she were to continue rampaging, but she was no pushover—she wouldn’t allow him to bully

your professionalism in this and give me those photos. If you keep harassing me, I’ll have no choice but to employ legal

of admiration flashed in Chandler’s eyes at her calm refute. It seemed she truly didn’t know

about this? I’ll give you the photos after sleeping with you ten more times. The time and place will be up to me to decide; all you need to do is show up when I

were to call the cops or bring this to court, everyone would see those photos. Her reputation would be utterly destroyed. How would she face her friends and family in

out through gritted teeth, “Deal! I hope you’re a man of your word.” She was so infuriated that she immediately left, unable to stay a

Chandler’s appetite. On the contrary, he enjoyed his meal more than usual. Despite his years in business, he’d never played such an interesting game with a woman before. He suddenly found this to be a pretty great way

acquire the company Erin Lane is working at as