Filthy English (41 page)
Declan? He’d been the nicest of the entire lot of them.
I didn’t have time to argue with him. I just wanted to go. “I’m fine. I’ll see you soon.”
He grabbed my arm to stop me as I turned, uncertainty written on his face. “Elizabeth, wait. There’s something I need to tell you that I should have said a long time ago . . .”
No.
I put my hands to his lips. I suspected what he wanted to say, and I wasn’t ready to hear it—or respond to it. “Don’t. Not now. I can’t handle any more tonight.”
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BRIARWOOD ACADEMY SERIES
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Very Bad Things
Very Wicked Beginnings
Very Wicked Things
Very Twisted Things
Dirty English
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First of all, this book was ONLY written because my readers demanded it, and for that I eternally grateful. I didn’t even realize Dax had a story until you told me he did. Writing him was tough, because I’d loved Declan so much, but once I figured out
who
Dax was and what drove him—I fell hard. I hope you did as well.
For my husband who has stood by me every step of the way. You and me, babe, against the world.
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Very Bad Things
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