XanderEvie held up her hands. “What the hell is going on? You were in his class?”The question was directed at me. “I was. It was the worst four months of my life. I hated the class, and I found every reason to avoid going.”“Yes, because you were a spoiled, entitled brat who thought you knew better than anyone else,” he snapped.I sneered at him. “My billions of dollars sitting in my bank account would say I did know better than anyone else, most especially you.”“Bullshit,” he seethed, spittle forming in the corners of his mouth.I slowly shook my head. “It isn’t bullshit. I made it, despite your attempts to hold me back. You did everything in your power to hold me down. I rose anyway. The cream always rises.”He smirked, shaking his head and looking at Evie. “See? Arrogant. This kid thinks he is the smartest person in the room. He thinks he knows so much more than the guy with the PhD.”“I do,” I quipped.He looked at me with pure disgust. “You aren’t good enough to know my daught
EvieI was stunned—speechless. I didn’t know what to say or think. I turned my head, half-expecting Xander to come back to the table. He was joking, right?My dad and him had gotten together beforehand and came up with a practical joke. That was the only explanation my brain could come up with. I looked around the restaurant, wondering if Nelle had a hand in this. She knew how stressed out I was about introducing Xander to my dad. This was something she would do.I didn’t see Nelle, though. My father looked like he had just dined on glass. Xander wasn’t coming back. It wasn’t a joke. No one was going to jump out and laugh at the fact I had been pranked. This was my real life. All my fears about introducing a man to my father had just come to life.I turned back to look at my father. His cheeks were red, and his eyes were flashing with anger. His hands were clenched in tight fists resting on the table. For a brief millisecond, I stopped to notice I had never seen him so angry. No one w
EvieThe gate to his driveway was open. I hoped that meant he was home. I parked my car and got out, suddenly feeling a little nervous. I pushed aside the nerves. I wanted the matter settled.I rang the doorbell and waited.Xander pulled open the door. His suit jacket was already off and his tie was hanging loose around his neck. He looked at me with irritation. “What?”His greeting told me all I needed to know. He was going to stay mad. Well, guess what? I was mad too.I put a hand on my hip and glared at him. “Don’t what me,” I snapped.“You set me up,” he barked.“How could I set you up? I didn’t know you knew each other!”“I don’t know that man. I don’t want to know that man.”My temper was thoroughly piqued. “That man is my father. Have a little decency.”“He wasn’t decent. He was an asshole and you sat there and let him talk to me like that!”“What exactly did you expect me to do? Was I supposed to stuff my napkin in his mouth to make him shut up?”He smirked. “I certainly consi
XanderWhen she pulled into a parking lot that was half gravel, half blacktop, with weeds growing through the endless cracks, I wondered if she had lost her mind. There were some rather unsavory characters sitting at one of the outdoor tables. They were looking at us like we were the enemy.We were invading their territory. I wasn’t really up on the gangs in the area, but I didn’t want to step onto anyone’s turf. Could she be setting me up? Was she pissed at me and thinking to drop me off in a bad part of the city and hope I would get my ass kicked?“Um, is this some kind of payback?” I asked. “Are you planning on ditching me?”She smiled and shut off the car, indicating we were staying. “No, this is dinner. I’m not paying you back for anything, nor do I need to.”I looked around the area once again. I looked at the building with the flat roof and rather unappealing appearance. The bars on the windows really gave it that ghetto-chic look. “Is it safe? I mean to get out?”“If you mean,
Xander“No. I went to a different school.”“He’s smart, really smart, and he knows his shit, but he’s dated.”She laughed. “Dated?”“He can’t see the future. He doesn’t want to see the future. We clashed. I came up with the idea for the design for my ships while I was in school. He failed my paper because he didn’t like it. We got into a rather heated discussion that last day, with him saying some pretty fucked-up things. I was a student. I was a good student and he hated me.”She was shaking her head. “It’s hard for me to think of him like that. I suppose it shouldn’t be that difficult. He can be kind of abrupt and abrasive.”I scoffed. “Yeah, you think?”“He is very smart and tends to kind of speak before he runs his thoughts through a filter.”“Unlike you,” I commented. “You are always so kind when you speak. I think I’m still grappling with the idea you two are related.”She grinned before taking another bite. “I get that a lot.”“Your dad pretty much hated me from the moment I wa
EvieI did not feel like myself. I felt crazed. Wild. Unhinged.I needed him, and I had never needed anything so desperately in all my life. I couldn’t get him naked fast enough. My hands were furiously pushing down his pants, freeing his erection that was slightly hidden by his shirttails. His shoes were in the way, keeping me from getting the pants all the way off.I dropped to my knees and helped him. While he kicked off the shoes, I yanked the pants off. When I looked up at him, there was a shift deep inside me. He was staring down at me with those golden eyes, his need matching my own. My eyes dropped and I found myself face to face with what I craved most. I immediately reached for his dick, engorged and straining under the shirt.My hand wrapped around him, pulling a sharp inhale of breath from him. I looked up and saw the hunger in his eyes. His jaw was clenched, and his nostrils flared. He was just as desperate for me as I was for him. My tongue lashed out, lapping over the r
“You little vixen,” he hissed.I felt naughty, daring. I crawled away from him before turning to look at him over my shoulder. He was on his knees, a shocked yet slightly angry expression on his face. I got to my feet and waggled my finger at him.He sprang to his feet, nearly knocking me on my ass with the force of him grabbing me.“I’m so not done with you yet,” he whispered before lifting me and carrying me out of the entryway and to one of the couches that faced the massive bank of windows. He dropped me to my feet in front of him before turning me around once again. “Bend. Now.”He was very bossy. I loved it.“Like this?” I asked as I put my hands on the back of the couch and bent forward. I gave my ass a little shake for good measure.He swatted my ass before soothing the spot with his fingertips. “Just like this,” he said in a husky voice.One knee nudged my legs open. I felt the back of his knuckles scrape over my flesh as he guided himself inside me once again. I dropped my h
XanderIt was beyond strange to wake up with a woman in my bed. I had lain awake for several minutes trying to process everything. Evie in my bed, in my arms. It was not how I’d expected things to happen yesterday when she asked me to go to dinner with her and her father.Her being in my arms was a little confusing. I wasn’t sure what to think of it. Or what to do about it. Did I have to do anything?For now, I was going to be cool and casual. Just play it off like I did this kind of thing all the time. Or maybe that was the wrong approach. I didn’t want her to think I did this all the time. I didn’t. Not even close.That was not the right approach. I would just go with whatever she did.She sighed and stirred against me. “Ugh, what time is it?” she asked in a sleepy voice.I looked over at the clock. “Just after eight.”She let out a long breath again. “I should get up.”I didn’t disagree. Lying in bed naked was only going to lead us to another sex marathon. “I’ll make some coffee.”