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And maybe she did.

This time.

But next time he’d be prepared.

Because he was nobody’s bitch.

Not even Maddie’s.

Chapter Ten

Maddie glancedat the large clock on the wall. The one she watched between patients. She always counted the minutes until she could walk out the door.

Roger had been gone all day doing who knows what—not that she cared—and that made her workday more pleasant than usual. Not only for her but for everyone working at Smith’s. All the employees—from physical therapists to the back-office workers—seemed more relaxed today. They chatted, they joked, they even smiled when the unbearable asshole wasn’t breathing down their necks and looking for any reason to criticize, to write someone up, to dock their pay…

The list was too long.

Roger Smith was a fucking tyrant. He crowned himself the king of his own castle and ruled his kingdom with an iron fist. He was the reason the business had a constant turnover of employees.

It was no surprise that when someone quit, Roger calledthem “soft,” “lazy,” “stupid” and worse. Sometimes he even used slurs.

She had just finished working with her last patient of the day and was anxious to get the hell out of there when the front door opened and the man himself walked in.

Her groan was followed with a whispered, “Fuck,” as she ducked behind a large, square column to hide. Usually with Roger, it was out of sight, out of mind. Everyone knew not to make quick moves to draw his attention.

All the employees remaining on the floor most likely had their fingers crossed behind their backs, hoping he’d go directly to his office at the rear of the building. But to get there, he had to walk through the large, open room where they all worked with their patients.

Everyone quickly made themselves scarce or pretended they were busy. Nobody made eye contact if they could help it.

Pressing her back against the column, she closed her eyes and held her breath, listening carefully.

Suddenly, it wasn’t Roger she was thinking about. Because the last time she had her back against a wall…

She could once again feel the press of Romeo’s solid body and his hard, thick cock. The way he gripped her hair. The way he took control of her mouth in a kiss that made her knees buckle and her heart race. The way one of his massive thighs smashed against her throbbing pussy. The way his beard scratched against her skin.

His heat. His scent. His taste.

The intensity of his deep brown eyes once he broke off the kiss.

All of it came flooding back. Playing out on the back of her eyelids like a 3D movie, causing her pussy to clench with wanting a man she shouldn’t mess with.

She didn’t want to want him.

Her body and her brain warred over that fact.

Common sense told her getting involved with the president of the Dark Knights would be just plain stupid.

She jumped out of her skin when she opened her eyes and found Roger standing only a couple of feet away from her with his blond eyebrows pinned together and his cruel mouth twisted.

“What are you doing?”

Hiding from you.“I was… feeling dizzy.” Not a complete lie. Her memory of the kiss with Romeo had made her a bit weak in the knees all over again.

“No surprise. Because youaredizzy.”

Why the hell did she continue to work here and put up with his bullying?

Oh, that’s right, she wanted a job with a professional sports team and, unfortunately, Roger had connections.

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