Chapter 191

“Is that what you think? That you’re distasteful to me?”

“Well, it seems pretty apparent to me.” Her anger crept into her voice.

“Obviously you hate me. So why pretend you want to sleep with me?”

Of course, he couldn’t admit the truth. That where she was concerned, his emotions were so raw he’d proposed to sleep with her just to get her out of his office.

Even when he knew she was manipulating him he wanted her. Even when she was using him to get money. He was still drawn to her. To her sheer bravado. To her wild streak of rebellion that she could never keep down for long.

And that was the fatal flaw in his plan. He’d thought to push her away with his arrogant, obnoxious behavior. With any other woman it might have worked. But Candace was at her best when backed into a corner. She was at her loveliest when fighting—whether it was for a hopeless cause or in defense of someone she cared about. Right now, fighting him, she was every inch the girl who’d sto