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“I…” I bit his lip. “Hate…” I said between another kiss. “You!” I screamed when he bit me back harder than I had bitten him.

He pulled back, and God, was he handsome in all his angry glory.

“You think I liked seeing you holding hands with him?” he seethed.

I was about to open my mouth to taunt him, but he made it impossible when he put his hand on my throat and lightly choked me.

“I hate it when he looks at you. Hate that he gets to touch you.” His chest was rising and falling. Nashton pressed his forehead to mine. We gazed into each other’s eyes, neither one of us unable to look away. He removed his hand from my throat, and I took a proper breath, causing me to shiver. His gaze lowered to the deep V of my blazer. His finger dipped from the hollow of my throat down to my cleavage. “I hate that I was your first, and he’s going to be your last.”

He was about to pull away, but I gripped his shirt. I was angry at him for kicking me out of his bed after taking my virginity, but I still fucking missed him.

“You’re a coward!” I spat at him. “Instead of fighting for me, you resigned to the idea that I’ll marry him.”

He took hold of my wrist. He pulled up my arms and kissed the inside of my wrist gently.

“To have you, it would mean to break my little brother’s heart, and I’d rather break my own.”

He let go of my hands just as the elevator stopped.

“What about my heart? Don’t you care about all the times you’ve broken it?”

Nashton’s face stayed stoic, and he walked away, having the upper hand, knowing that he had chipped pieces of my soul.

Chapter Nine

Fuck.My. Life.

I lost control. I swore that I would never choose Finley over my blood. And the moment I saw her holding hands with my brother, I saw red. He didn’t deserve her—fuck, she didn’t deserve what I did to her. I fucked her, then tossed her aside.

Running a hand over my hair I put on my game face and walked into the boardroom.

It was already packed with all the stiff suits trying to line their pockets even more by trying to cut a deal with another company.

“You good?” Duncan looked me over as if he could see Finley’s scent wrapped around me.

“Yeah,” I replied.

“Boys.” Leon came and patted our heads. We all glared at him.

“Don’t fucking touch me,” Huxley growled at him.

Leon looked surprised that out of all of us, Huxley was the one to lash out. Especially since Huxley was under his wing. I didn’t say anything to him because us earning more than he did stung. He didn’t have the capital to invest in DD when Dad, Micah, and Gunner first started out, but out of loyalty and respect, they gave him room on the board.

The click of heels could be heard, and everyone turned. I steeled myself to look straight at my father because I couldn’t look at Finley—not when my mouth had been on her, and all I could think of was the last time I sunk myself inside her wet, tight pussy.

When my father looked annoyed, I turned around because I knew that wasn’t Finley who just walked in, and judging by my brother’s shit-eating grin, it had to be Riley, Finley’s aunt.

Riley was hot, but that’s as far as it went. I always found her basic and shallow. Her hair was chocolate brown and fell down in waves, and she wore a tight red minidress. I could see Duncan salivating in his seat.

“Hello, boys,” she said as she kissed our cheeks. Duncan moved his head at the last second, causing her lips to graze the corner of his. I rolled my eyes. Riley looked amused.

She took a seat and then gave her sole attention to my father. “Axton.” She smiled sadly at him. No one dared breathe a word about my mother because had my father wanted it, he would have broadcasted her death to the high seas.

My father ignored her.

“Where the hell is Fin—

“Here,” Finley said as she stepped into the room.

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