The Playboy's Dirty Games (completed)

made sense-it was written in French an

y printed it up f

g," she said, lifting her chin u

a huff. But that wasn't fair to Marie, so I turned to her.

's left big toe. Or rather, just looking over at

d. Fashion was not what I was here to discuss. And if I got onto the topic of be

Honestly, my father's nephew was going to be the death of me. I w

hen tell me what it is that Darrell has done to get you in su

to sit down, but I did

nough exasperation to satisfy me. "After last quarter's suggestion that they sell off some of the news stations-" It was a sentenc

will just mean less to manage when you take over," the dark-haired

I couldn't believe

trying to remember the words of my therapist. You cannot let your day run you. You run your day. You cannot let

. Darrell wants to slice off bits and pieces, and sell them to the highest bidder so that he can collect money and profit while the comp

ngs of my father? By the time I stood in his place, I wouldn't have any power, any platform. My c

d never been interested in business, and she'd hired M

mit. I learned everything I knew about clothin

And neither was waiting four goddamned years to take ov

s to. I swear, though," she said, shielding her eyes from the sun as she looked up at me. "If your father weren't already dead, I'd kill him myself for the

d even been divorced when she met him. He'd gotten another wife soon after he left Mom, too. But I was the only kid out of a

ever

k another day in her life and was still able to live the lifestyle she'd gotten used to. I'd been able to go to the b

do whatever the hell he wanted with the company. I could let it

r reasons I couldn't expl

wyers, in fact, to make sure I had absolutely no ground on which to fight to get my

hat's

not to touch them with her fingernails, and drop them on the empty lounge chair next to her.

erranean and blond. When I was a kid, and we'd go to the beach, she would soak up ev

s, and I hesitated, wondering ho

, she looked up at me

the first time we'd discussed it,

en't been dating anyone, and anyone that you brought into

other side and plopped into it, trying to hi