Chapter 13

“I have had it with people trying to make me do things that I don’t want to do. That’s the reason why I left my dad’s company. It’s the reason why I came here. But you don’t care about that, do you? As long as you get what you want. But listen to me, I’m not going to let you use me to lie to your mother because your fiancée humiliated you by dumping you for your cousin. Here’s another thing you should know. Crap happens. It happens all the time. Get over it.”

Julian’s hands closed over her shoulders. She tried to flinch away, but he held tight. There was honest regret in his eyes, but there was also determination. Stubborn determination.

“Sit down, Nina,” he ordered in a low voice.

She gaped at him.

“Please,” he said.

It was the ‘please’ that did it. Or maybe it was how tired and resigned he sounded.

Or maybe it was the bleak light that entered his eyes. Or maybe she was just a flaming idiot who deserved everything she got for being sucked into th