The Seduction 3 (11 page)
Keely.
I’m going to make it
right somehow.
KEELY
I watch them drag
Vaughn away, still yelling at me to listen, give him a chance to
explain. My heart aches watching him go. I’m so angry at his
betrayal, but even after everything, I still want to hold him, kiss
him, tell him to stay.
Everything is falling
apart, and Vaughn makes me feel strong. But he lied to me. He fooled
me about everything.
I have to do this on my
own.
“Well, now that
drama’s done, let’s get back to business.” Brent clears his
throat, pushing the contract towards me again. “Keely?”
I turn back to him.
God, he looks so smug and superior, like he has me backed into the
corner with no way out.
My haze of grief and
confusion melts away. Vaughn was right: he planned this from the
start.
“Sure, let’s do
this,” I reply. A deadly calm settles over me. I reach for the
paper.
Brent breaks into a
grin as I lift the pages up. “I knew you’d see sense.”
I stare him straight in
the eye and rip the contract in pieces. “Fuck you.”
His mouth drops open.
“What the hell...?”
“Oh, didn’t you
hear me?” I ask, my blood pounding in my ears. “I said, you can
go screw yourself.”
“Do you realize what
you’re doing?” Brent looks panicked. “I’ll release that tape
to the world, you’ll be ruined!”
“No, you won’t,”
I say clearly. “Any scandal involving me will only hurt the
company. You still have shares,” I tell Brent, “And unless you
want them to be totally worthless, then you’ll keep that video to
yourself.”
“But the morality
clause--” he blusters.
“Probably covers
blackmail too,” I point out. “Which is what you’re trying to do
right now.” His face goes red. “Yeah, thought so,” I give him a
furious smile. “So you just listen to me. I’m keeping my stake in
Ashcroft Industries, and my position as CEO. And if you dare come
after me again, I will make you suffer.”
I lean in close, so he
can see I’m not fucking around. He’s pushed me too far. I won’t
take it anymore.
“I’ve had enough of
these games,” I tell him. “I’m done playing nice. I have
limitless resources at my disposal, and a whole company that I can
dedicate to making your life a living hell. So I suggest you shut up,
go back to whatever rich-boy bullshit you were doing before Ashcroft
died, and forget about taking me down. Because this is my company
now, and I’m not giving it up for anyone.”
I turn on my heel and
walk out, leaving Brent sagging back against the desk in shock. I
mean it, every word. I’m done being anyone’s fool.
But as I hurry down the
hallway back through the party, it’s a hollow triumph. The pain
slams through me all over again. Tears stream down my face. I can’t
hold them back anymore.
Vaughn.
Oh God.
I hurry blindly into
the stairwell, stumbling up higher, away from the noise of laughter
and revelry. It all plays out in my head again, every moment we
shared together, every passionate night and thrilling day. I opened
myself up to him in ways I hadn’t imagined, and believed we had a
real connection.
It’s all a lie. All
of it.
I collapse at the top
of the stairs, finally giving in to the pain wracking my body. I weep
for everything I’ve just lost, the stupid trust I placed in a man I
never really knew at all.
I wanted to believe in
him. I thought he was a good man underneath it all.
How could I be so
wrong?
I don’t know how long
I stay, crumpled and sobbing in the dark. My head is pounding when
the tears finally fade away. I don’t know what to do now. I don’t
know how I can go on, but I muster all the strength I have and get to
my feet again.
The party is still
going strong. I have to go back out there, and pretend that
everything’s OK. For the sake of the company.
I’m trying to pull
myself together when a noise comes from behind me. The door opening,
someone stepping into the stairwell.
Shit.
I wipe my face, trying
to hide the signs of my tears. I can’t let anyone see me like this.
But I don’t even have time to turn around before I feel a hand
planted hard in the middle of my back.
The person shoves me,
hard.
I let out a scream,
losing my balance. I claw for the railings, but it’s all too fast.
I miss my footing and tumble down the stairs, my head slamming back
against the concrete.
Then there’s nothing
but black.
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There’s not a woman in the world who won’t spread her legs for me.
Admit it, you’re already wet imagining my hands gripping tight around your wrists, holding you down, showing you what a real man’s cock feels like buried all the way to the fucking hilt.
I was the Seducer, the best damn night of your life. But I don’t care about that any more. I only want one thing.
Keely Fawes.
My secrets destroyed her. My quest for revenge tore us apart. But now I know she’s in danger, there’s nothing I won’t do to keep her safe.
This girl is everything to me, and I won’t stop until I claim her completely.
Her body.
Her mind.
Her heart.
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