Page 24 of Never Fall for an Angel

“Please, Mila . . . just a couple minutes.”

“Fine. Five minutes.” I tug my hand away from him and cross my arms over my chest. I said he could have my time, not my hand. Besides, his is clammy.

“I wanted to apologize for the way things went down during spring break.”

“Oh, you mean when you tried to force me to sleep with you and got mad when I wouldn’t?”

“It wasn’t like that,” he argues, his cheeks burning red.

“It never is, is it?”

“Look, this isn’t about that. I had to have surgery on my arm from your big ass bodyguard dislocating my shoulder.”

Oh . . . oh my God.

I knew whatever Christian had done, it hadn’t been pretty, but I never knew he did . . . that.

“I guess you’ve learned a valuable lesson about keeping your hands to yourself, then?”

Corbin lets out a heavy sigh.

“Can we move on? I have to talk to you about something.”

I glance down at my phone.

“Three minutes left.”

“Listen, this is serious.”

“I’m listening.”

“Something’s coming.”

I pause, staring at him and waiting for him to continue.

When he doesn’t, I concede and take the bait.

“Summer? The election? The rapture?”

“Just . . . something,” he says, lowering his voice. “You aren’t safe. Not for long. You need to get out of LA.”

I don’t like the look in his eyes. Like he knows more about my life than I do right now.

“You’re scaring me.”

“I’m only telling you this because I care about you, but Drew overheard Marcus speaking about marrying you off a few months ago. I don’t know why or to who, but I know that Marcus is in some deep shit, and you’re on the chopping block if you don’t get the fuck away from him.”

Marriage?

Like a ring and husband and wife? Titles? Boring scheduled sex once a week while my husband goes out and fucks around with every coed under twenty-one?

No, thank you.

“I can’t just leave my family, Corbin.” I take my drink, moving to walk away from him, but again, he grabs my hand.

“I’m serious, Mila.”

“I am, too. No one’s going to force me to marry them.” I leave out the rest of the truth. That I will never marry anyone because it doesn’t matter.

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