Bad Fiancé
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He stood, towering over her. Once, Bec would have said that his size made her feel petite, feminine, soft, which was atypical for a giant Amazon such as herself. Today, it just pissed her off. She was tall for a woman, almost six feet in heels, and was used to using that fact to her advantage.
No longer hunching her shoulders to appear shorter. Hell, no. She wore heels if she wanted and as high as she wanted—
And she had this man to thank for that fact.
“Stand tall, sugar pie,” he used to say.
Yes, Luke had called her—world-famous, tough as shit lawyer—sugar pie.
But that had been a long time ago, when she’d been broken and . . .
Her heart, the one she liked to pretend didn’t actually exist, pulsed with old hurt.
Because she’d merely been an entertaining side project for him, a broken toy to fix, a puzzle to figure out and one to discard when he couldn’t find a satisfactory answer.
Memories.
Aw.
Motherfucking memories.
“First, I didn’t break into your apartment. This is the hall. Second,” he hurried to add when she opened her mouth to argue semantics, “I didn’t break in. You used our anniversary as the code.”
Oh, for fuck’s sake.
Well, she was changing that tomorrow . . . today . . . fuck, yesterday, now that—
“Go away, Luke,” she said, pushing past him and unlocking her door while blocking his view of the keypad that was identical to that of the elevator. Her front door’s code was not the date of her anniversary with her ex.
But Luke probably already knew that, given that he had been sitting on the floor of her hallway rather than on her couch, beer in hand, feet making prints on her glass coffee table.
Men.
Fucking men.
She slammed the door closed behind her and secured the chain lock. The knock approximately one second later did not surprise her. Bec dropped her briefcase to the floor then opened the door just enough to shoot angry eyes at him through the narrow gap the chain allowed.
Serious green eyes fixed onto hers. “We need to talk.”
“Luke,” she snapped. “I’m exhausted. It’s the middle of the night. I wouldn’t have any patience to talk to my best friends right now, let alone my ex-husband.”
“Funny story about that,” he said, his lips curving. “Turns out that I’m not actually your ex-husband.”
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Acknowledgments
Thank you so much to my fabulous editors, Christine, Julie, and Kay for being so incredibly helpful. I can’t tell you how much I rely on you guys! A special tip of my hat to Heather, for handling all the publicity of my books off my hands. You’re the best! <3
Hubs, O and N, thanks for being so awesome and supportive, and a special thanks to my fan group, the Fabinators for being such a great source of support! You make my day better.
And thanks especially to you, my fabulous reader. I hope you all enjoy these characters as much as I do! I couldn’t do it without your support!
Love you guys!
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E
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