Dr. Harold pulled his gaze away from his various screens to shoot me a hesitated glance. “Well, uh...Let’s just say that it’s not entirely my place to talk about such things. Anyway, just a few more minor tests to get through and we should be just about done here.”After Dr. Harold had finished up w
My lips parted and my jaw immediately went slack.There was genuinely nothing that could have prepared me for the suggestion that had just passed through James’ mouth.My heart seized inside of my chest while I continued to openly gape at the man with a look of pure disbelief. I didn’t have any sort
I let out a sharp gasp and whirled around to find a rather amused James crowded in the open doorway. His arms folded over his broad chest as his gaze remained fixed on the pile of scanty clothing and personal bedroom toys.An inaudible squeak slipped past my lips while the whites of my eyes grew lar
Chris?! What the hell was my brother doing here??There was no way that my brother was currently standing outside the front gates of James’ estate.“That’s impossible,” I muttered briskly. “He’s supposed to be in Egypt, conducting some kind of archaeological excavation.”“Clearly not,” James said dr
‘Oh, you have got to be kidding me,’ I thought disbelievingly.I don’t know why part of me seriously thought that James was joking when he told me about this supposed schedule he’d created for me. I should have known right off the bat that he wasn’t the sort of man to make jokes—especially when it c
James must have immediately sensed my distress because he held up his hand as a sign of preventing me from trying to argue.“James—”“Mia, would you trust me?” He kept his voice calm and composed. “Everything is a part of the plan I have for us, alright?”Gee, was that meant to make me feel better?
The following day I deliberately did my best to avoid James at all costs. I’d decided to take the subway to work and enjoy the time with myself without having to feel the overwhelming pressure of having to keep up the appearance of James Derek’s wife.When it was just myself, it was a time when I co
Watching the interaction between James and Monica felt as though I’d somehow slipped inside a lion’s den at the zoo. The two were both equally pissed off and maintained their own fierce stances.A voice in the back of my head was clearly telling me that I should find a way to back out of the situati