Chapter Fifteen—Michael Makes Decisions

The next morning Michael woke from a deep sleep with his tablet lying on Juliette’s pillow and remembered last night. The gallery and the confrontation. Allowing Aria to stay and the sloppy unfulfilling sex.

He imagined himself as the male protagonist in the three novels he had read. It wasn’t pretty seeing him treat women like that and reading how it left them feeling. He’d laughed and cried. It disgusted him and turned him on to the point his dick was sore from jerking off to relieve himself.

Now Michael was ready to put Aria through her paces. He’d sent a list to her phone of the things he expected from her each day. She’d start today. Let’s test her resilience, just like Juliette when life throws a curveball.

Michael knew her father spoiled her to the extreme. Her father clarified he expected Michael to keep that going. He agreed initially, but never intended to follow through. After all, Aria’s father spoiled her only to keep her quiet and to avo