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thing holding me up. I had to have been the hardest working escort on the strip, to blatantly throw myself at a client like a desperate freak. Games were for losers—I was the proof. I wanted him, he wanted me, and I was bound and determined to have him, even if it meant throwing my pride on the floor.
    His fingers dug into my hips as he pushed me backward. It stung. I composed myself and shifted my hips, standing tall and proud and showing none of the disappointment I felt.
    “ Are you playing hard to get with me, Mr. Maguire? I think it’s time for us to have a little fun.”
    I smiled, lips pouty and all fire. I had no doubt Flynn would do what I wanted. All my best tricks were ready to go. I just had to ignite the plan.
    “ That’s my intention. Follow me.”
    He turned on his heels and moved through the suite toward the room we’d been in the first night. My smile was smug and confident, knowing what we’d do once inside. Once the door opened, however, I felt myself bottom out.
    Confusion, anger, jealousy… they were all emotions I despised, and could usually keep in check. At that moment, looking down at the naked girl in the middle of his bed, I officially felt the cables inside snap.
    “ What the hell is this? Did you double book?”
    He chuckled, his eyes on the blonde in front of him. “Relax, Miss King.”
    “ Fuck yourself,” I snapped. “I’m leaving.”
    My arm stung as he tugged on me, pulling me back against his chest. His warm breath caressed my ear, causing me to shiver.
    “ She’s for you, Jayne. You enjoy beautiful women, don’t you?”
    I let out an unbelieving laugh. “Doesn’t matter what I like, Mr. Maguire. You want a threesome, you fucking pay double. What I don’t enjoy are tricks.”
    His hand inched up my ribcage slowly, and I felt his thumb rub against the bottom of my breast. As good as it felt, I was angry. More than angry. I was sure he wanted me, but in the end, he’d proven to be just another guy ready to get his dick wet. I should have known, and the fact that I’d allowed myself some stupid fascination about making love to him, whether he was paying me or not, made me want to climb in a hole and die.
    “ I only wanted you.” I hadn’t meant to say it out loud, but there it was. It was out there, and there was no taking it back.
    He moved away from me like I’d torched his skin. Again, the hurt was heavy on my heart. I had no idea what was wrong with me. What I did know was that I had to quit Flynn Maguire. Immediately . Life was already eating me alive, and there was no room for someone like him. He was everything I thought I wanted, but once again, I was let down. He was everything in the world I didn’t need.
    Just as I thought, he didn’t try to stop me as I bolted from the room. I tore out of there like a wild animal, tears forcing themselves out of my unwilling eyes and my heart stung with poison. Once inside the elevator, I avoided the prying stare from the attendant and pulled out my phone to call Vince. I needed to escape, go home, and drown myself in a bottle of good Vodka.

FIVE
    Worst date of my life.
    His name was Tony, a brilliant, ambitious executive for D.R.M. Industries, the biggest investment company in the country. He was also a huge tool, or what my dad used to call smarmy. You could smell the flowered pomade in his immaculately groomed hair, and between that and the overpriced cologne he’d bathed in, I was doing all I could not to lose my lunch.
    He was in his early thirties, with a droopy brow and stomach paunch making him looked twice his age.
    I’d only taken the date because Vince had been desperate. He’d lost six girls in the matter of a month, and the reality was that I needed the money.
    It’d been more than two weeks since Flynn had called, and it still bothered me. I tried putting it out of my mind, but it was there, like a big flashing neon light.
    Along with the numbness in my chest, I wasn’t quite right in the head.
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