The deal Ryker struck with Samantha doesn't sit well with him. It is gnawing at him from the inside. He doesn't know how to feel about it. Yet he'd rather be her boy toy than be nothing at all. If that is what she wants, he will give her that. If it is his body she fancies, he will give her that. If it is his heart she desires, he will give her that... He can admit that he is indeed whipped. When Ava corners him outside, while he's waiting for his beloved Samantha to finish her club activities, he cannot help the anger that floods him. He says truths, harsh ones. And Samantha, who has arrived in time to witness the kiss Ava forced upon him, isn't happy about the way he worded out the truths. He tells her she is naive. There is an expression that crosses her face which he cannot qui