Chapter Nine
Bella
How do I always get myself into these situations? Dr. Newberry told me to assert myself. Not to let people convince me to do something I don’t want to or to feel bad because I say no to something. Yet here I am, stepping out of a cab with a man I think of as my enemy, his brother, and his girlfriend.
It’ll be nice to have friends at the office. That’s my excuse.
Carm, being Carm, glances at the line wrapping around the building and beelines it to the bouncer. Of course he knows him. He probably picks up a different woman every night of the week here.
I watch him talk to the bouncer, his back to me, and can’t help but notice that Carm’s jeans mold to his ass perfectly.
My belly dips as if I just tipped over a hill on a rollercoaster. What will happen behind those cl
