The Proposition (The Plus One Chronicles) by Lyon Jennifer

Author:Lyon, Jennifer [Lyon, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Jennifer Lyon Books
Published: 2013-02-22T06:00:00+00:00

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An hour later, Sloane knew it was time to call a halt even though they hadn’t gotten to knee strikes yet. Kat was sweating, bent over and rubbing her knee and calf. He’d noticed her slight limp was more pronounced in the last ten minutes.

But damn, she’d impressed the hell out of him.

“You’ve had enough for tonight, Kat.”

She snapped upright, her blue-green eyes darkening like a churning sea. “I can keep going. I do spin classes longer than this.”

He walked into her space, glad she didn’t draw back like she’d been doing in the past. “You like this. You like fighting.”

“I just…I want to be stronger. Better.”

She was pretty damn fine exactly as she was. But Sloane understood that internal drive to get control. He’d been born into poverty with a mother who believed in fairytale romance, as if a fucking prince would show up and save them.

That prince never showed up, and Sara paid the price.

Sloane had sworn to never again be that powerless. He amassed wealth and power to stay in control. And he planned to use that to avenge Sara.

But Kat didn’t need to know all that. It had nothing to do with her. “You can do this. You’ve got the balance, stamina and most importantly, the will to learn.”

Color flooded her face. Turning away, she grabbed her water bottle. “If we agree to this deal, I don’t want you to do that.” She took a drink.

He walked over to her. “Do what?”

“Lie to me.” Capping her empty bottle, she busied herself with her gym bag. “I know what I am.”

Anger began to brew fast and deep in Sloane’s gut. “And what’s that?”

She straightened, the bag hanging from her fingers and her eyes bleeding a quiet agony. “Broken.”

“Who the fuck told you that?” Goddamn it, he rarely lost his temper anymore, but that sent his blood into a rage. Broken? She’d survived a brutal attack. From where he was standing, she was sexy and determined, not broken.

She looked away, her expression tight. “It doesn’t matter.”

Oh, it mattered. But she didn’t want to tell him, so that was her business. Crossing his arms, he glared. “I built an empire out of knowing good fighters when I see them. If I say you have what it takes to master self-defense, then you have it. Whether you make use of it, that’s up to you.”

Her shoulders came up, her chin lifted and her eyes brightened. “I suppose you’re never wrong.”

Other women would go all soft and gooey. Not Kat. She seemed to thrive when he got in her face and challenged her. The more he pushed her when giving instructions, the more she did. He liked that. A lot.

And she’d brought him cupcakes. He still couldn’t get over that. He’d grown used to the women sending him expensive cufflinks, watches or bottles of liquor he didn’t need to get him attention. But no one made him cupcakes. Something that she did herself. Personally. Not picking up a phone and ordering it, but doing it herself.

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