Judge by Maggie Kay

Author:Maggie Kay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Rags to Riches, Mafia romance, Bad boys, Lawyer, Office Romance, Boss, Alpha, Action Romance, Romance Suspense
Publisher: Maggie Kay
Published: 2024-03-11T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

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I’M SO MAD AND CONFUSED right now, I can’t even speak. The whole way home in Roman’s car I stare out my window and remain quiet. So does he, which makes me even more furious. Not that I have the energy to argue right now, but the silence is grating on my nerves.

I feel dirty and cheap. God, the way everyone was looking at me tonight. I can’t get it out of my head. They all assume I’m sleeping with Roman. Just like all his other assistants, by the sounds of things. I didn’t fall for the mirage of the diamonds and sell myself to the devil... but they don’t know that.

The car pulls up to the curb outside my building. I begin to take off my seatbelt, but Roman puts his hand over mine. His hand is large, warm, and surprisingly soft.

I let out an exhausted breath. “I’m tired. Let's not do this now, please,” I plea without looking at him.

“Is Austin home?”

I mock a laugh. “He’s seventeen, and it’s a Saturday night. I very much doubt it.”

“I’ll walk you in then.”

“No.” I turn slightly towards him. “No. Whatever this is, it ends here. Whatever games you're playing with me, they stop now. No more diamonds, no more chaperones, no more dresses.” I take my hand out from under his. “I owe you a debt, nothing more. Just let me pay it and let this be done.”

He just stares at me as though he is looking into my soul and tearing pieces from it. Why does it hurt so much to look at him? How does he invoke so much emotion from me with one simple look?

Turning off the car, he ignores my request and gets out without saying a word. My door opens a few seconds later.

“Come on. At least let me walk you to the door of your building.”

I step out of the car, ignoring the hand he has extended out for me. He leans forward into me, pushing the door closed and backing me up so my ass hits the closed door. I lose my footing a little, but his hand reaches around my waist, and he pins himself to me to steady me. Our chests are touching; we are so close. Too close, yet not close enough. I inhale his poison, the scent I just can’t resist, knowing how lethal it’s for me.

Suddenly, I can’t breathe. Nothing else exists around us. The usual busy Boston back street; quiet as a mouse. The crowd of teenagers that are walking by; invisible. Even the high-pitched squealing sound of a baby crying in one of the bottom-floor apartments fades as the night sky opens up and swallows us whole. The only sound I hear is the thundering beats of my heart vibrating through my whole body.

“You think I am playing games with you?” he whispers in my ear, his breath on my neck sending delicious shivers down my entire body. The light dusting of stubble on his

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