Page 44 of Billionaire's Promise

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"What, what will you do?"

"I’ll scream."

"No, you won’t."

I gape at him, open my mouth…then shut it. "Damn you," I hiss. "Why did you have to come back and spoil everything?"

His jaw tightens, then he flexes his shoulders. "Your insults do nothing to me."

"So, what are you doing here then?"

"Making sure you don’t do anything that you’ll regret later."

"What do you mean?" I scowl.

"Your date. Ditch him."

My jaw drops. "What the hell? If you think you can rule my life—"

"Think?" He looks me up and down. "I have news for you, I already do."

"No, you don’t."

"Yes, I do."

"You…you have no claim on me."

"Edward does."

"He lost any rights when he left."

"He had his reasons."

I clench my fists at my sides, "Oh, so now you’re defending him?"

"Only because he’s not here to do it himself." He shuffles his feet. "Look…just...do as I say and we can pretend this never happened."

"You mean, I should pretend that you didn’t just come marching in here like a rhinoceros—"

"Rhinoceros?"

"Okay, alphaceros."

"First time I’ve been called that… Whatever that is."

I draw in a breath, try to clear my head. "Just… Let me walk out of here, and we can forget this ever happened."

"Nope." He smirks.

My jaw drops, "Seriously, you're a piece of work."

"I aim to impress."

"Far from," I scoff.

"You don't know it yet, but you are," his grin widens, "impressed."

"No, I'm not." I scowl at him. "And you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise."

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