re supposed to use this period to get to know each other better. Use it to do all the things you do on a first date, the second, and the

person would poison her food, but I've chosen to learn more about her and, who knows, maybe even be her friend; you may

George appears at the top of the stairs in sweats and a bare chest just as I plated my masterpiece. I kn

stairs, his exposed chest lovely with horrifying comedy.

I remarked as he huffed and puffed, and I refo

estioned, his eyes growing wid

o married a guy who doesn't have a

st say?" he gras

ith no pulse." He brushed it away and left me alone for

kitchen again, but for a completely different reason. I dra

said, letting him know h

es and bacon behind my shoulders. I grinned, shocked

rt, a checkered white and black skirt, and a

guessed based on ho

as he turned around to

number 1," I

d and rakes his eyes

glinting. He lifted his finger and ran it across a blonde curl that managed to escape.

epped back, stomping my heel on his toes for g

circumstance, must you let your guard down around that man! Giving myself a pep talk,

brightly at the doorman. He tipped his

nd I appreciated him for it but knowing where I was headed, I was

please," I responded, searchi

" he replied with

for this, but the cab driver was strange. He kept trying to look at me eve

d he thanked me and drove away. Someth

e elevators to my father's office. It was what I had been doing for

here," the security on the floor ment

is daughter. I was just a regular worker in his office. My mother and father founded this corporation t

se me, but I knew I needed the mo

He wouldn't allow me to have any conta

he bargain. And if I didn't, there would be consequences, n

grinned sheepishly as she led me inside, opening the door as he pretended to be del

usly as he turned around to

eather chairs. As he turned around, he closed the drapes

ringe. My one rule was never to fight back. As he drew closer to me, he kicked the chair aga

, my lov

nked me from the chair, I whispered tho

and hurled me across the room. I was as slender as a twig since they had

ost. How could someone I loved, someone who had brought me to the park a

e walked to the bookshelf, knocking over the volumes, which all fell

ollect myself, feeling the intense agony in my stomach as I struggled to pull myself up as he t

I staggered. It had been a habit for us not to speak

squeezed some bills into my hands. I lowered my head as the elevator door c

looked down at my injured wrists, and shed a single tear. I