Chapter 119

• We ride in silence, both in the car and in the elevator up to his penthouse. When the doors open and we are inside, he finally speaks.
• “Get down on your knees.” His voice is low as he leans into the back of my neck, his breath warm, and I feel his enormous body behind me.
• I whirl around, the hours of silence making me defiant. My inner toddler is stomping her feet and overriding my better instincts to do as I’m told. “Maybe I don’t want to.”