While Marrying Mr Steele

t

e floor to ceiling windows, casting s

ache in my legs, those useless, lifeless lim

for just a seco

s from last night came rus

he thrashing. The

'd been her

she was, seated in a chai

against her thighs, her fingertips absentmin

nts of auburn was pulled into a low ponyt

igh cheekbones and wide, almond shaped e

stopped ordinary women, and made people glanc

that I n

oing here?" I growled, m

ne. "You were shouting," she said cau

ckle in my shoulders. "I don't need y

, something I didn't quite recognize flashing in her h

at I noticed such

"You don't know me, and you don't bel

en to push everyone away, you'd realize that not everybody is coming out to harm y

e sheets bunching benea

idn't

ed, my voice colder than th

red she might get into some kin

tailored blouse. She was a tall woman, at least five feet

mind and admit that you need help," she in

gh. "Save your therapy trick

ut another word, she walked out, the sound o

rning passed in a

nd over again replaying my meeting with Ame

hole thing w

g to anyone? Much less than men

n me like that, weak,

nd what I definitely did not want was somebo

I just couldn't stop seeing her sitting there,

door brought me ba

," I sai

ed as Veronica strolled in, her blood red

azzled, dres

gged her slim body, her shining golden mane

es glinted, a blend

rmured, and her mouth pu

, Veronica?" I ans

perching on the edge like she owned the pl

mistress. You will never

ling. But I didn't come here to argue.

d. "Leave her

? From what I hear, she's quite the good Samaritan, by acc

he's here to fulfill

She doesn't belong in your world. When she understands that, well, she'll be gone, and you'll st

ica. You can't just come in here and make demands, besides my father may be many

the company, Veronica. N

t in her eyes. "Oh, Ethan, you should know by now t

ed toward the door, stopped, turned

pist," she said lightly. "She might

her, leaving me alone w

even more, I hated my

ne thing she wan

d if she ever go