Page 137 of Dr. Bad Boy

Then I remember the shitty way things ended and I meet his smouldering dark brown gaze with my own angry glare. “Why are you here?”

He doesn't blink. "Professional advancement."

"Bullshit."

"That pretty brunette in the office, then."

"Leave her alone."

"Is she yours?"

That's a complicated question, and none of his business. Not anymore. Not that it ever really was, officially. My chest pulls tight. That was a long time ago. "She's a good woman."

"You always did have a soft spot for them."

I grit my teeth. Beth isn't like any other woman. If things were different…

Story of my life.

His fist tightens in my shirt, then with a rough exhale he releases me and steps back. "I'm really not here to get in your face."

I snort. "Sure."

"You going to block my application for the team?"

I shake my head. I'd never do that. "No. But we can't…"

"Can't?"

"Us. This. It can't happen again."

He gives me a hard, dark look. "Still hiding who you are?"

I shake my head. "No."

He moves closer. "Still hiding what you really want?"

Yes. "I make some concessions for professional reasons."

"So once I'm on your team…"

How did he get right against me again?

He growls. "Fuck you, Lachlan."

His hand is around the back of my neck before I realize it and I reach out to stop him, but insead my fist wraps around the front of his shirt and pulls him the rest of the way in, crashing his mouth down on mine.

Ten years, and I still recognize the taste of him.

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Epilogue

Violet

five years later

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