"It terrifies you knowing I could run any second doesn't it Cole" she taunted him, her warm breath meeting the skin of his neck was like wildfire hitting his flesh. She was so confident and he loved seeing her like this when she thought she could take control.
"I could be gone tomorr-" she didn't have time to react when he pinned her to the wall, his strong hands wrapping around her biceps, trapping her.
He was so strong but she didn't care at this point, she loved him so much but she couldn't do it, engore a memory that haunted her this whole time, a memory of her nightmares that he caused and still he couldn't see what he had done.
"You took everything from me, my virginity, my freedom, you ripped me away from everything I had ever known and still I loved you and I trusted you because that's all you ever gave me but I was dying here Cole, we were dying so I ran and who could blame me, after everything you said to me that night, the way you were with me, you scared the shit out out of me, you fucking hurt me Cole and yet it's all my fault isn't it?" Her eyes held so much truth but he couldn't remember anything.
"You're full of bullshit, I didn't do anything to you" it scared him thinking that he might of hurt her and since he couldn't rememebr it was easier to just deny everything.
"You're a monster Cole" she gritted, her anger was so eminent it was boiling her blood so much that even he would burn at her touch. Her eyes were so cold and the look on her face was leathal but he loved it all.
Placing a hand on her neck, he pulled her closer, his lips grazing hers so quick and so soft that she whimpered at the sudden contact "but I'm your monster" and with that he claimed her lips like he had claimed everything else from her.
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She ran and the monster followed.
Grief-stricken over the death of the boss who was like a father to her, Olivia Bailey is left to deal with the aftermath--the arrival of his dashing but estranged son, Pierce Alexander. But she can't stand him and he doesn't trust her. Will working for the new CEO remain to be an impossible task?
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Olivia Bailey might be plain and boring, but she's content with her current lifestyle, working for the kind but lonely old man who owns Alexander Corporation. But his untimely death flips her simple life upside down. Now, she must deal with his estranged son, the heir to his business empire, together with the growing feelings building up between them. Will Olive manage to bear the pressure and issues cropping up along the way--or is this too much to ask?
Disclaimer: This story won The Wattys 2014 People's Choice Award.
Cover Design by Ashley Marie Bandy