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Chapters (90)
  1. The Boss
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter One
  4. Chapter Two
  5. Chapter Three
  6. Chapter Four
  7. Chapter Five
  8. Chapter Six
  9. Chapter Seven
  10. Chapter Eight
  11. Chapter Nine
  12. Chapter Ten
  13. Chapter Eleven
  14. Chapter Twelve
  15. Chapter Thirteen
  16. Chapter Fourteen
  17. Chapter Fifteen
  18. Chapter Sixteen
  19. Chapter Seventeen
  20. Chapter Eighteen
  21. Chapter Nineteen
  22. Chapter Twenty
  23. Chapter Twenty-One
  24. Chapter Twenty-Two
  25. Chapter Twenty-Three
  26. Chapter Twenty-Four
  27. Chapter Twenty-Five
  28. Chapter Twenty-Six
  29. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  30. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  31. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  32. Chapter Thirty
  33. Chapter Thirty-One
  34. Chapter Thirty-Two
  35. Chapter Thirty-Three
  36. Chapter Thirty-Four
  37. Chapter Thirty-Five
  38. Chapter Thirty-Six
  39. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  40. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  41. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  42. Chapter Forty
  43. Chapter Forty-One
  44. Chapter Forty-Two
  45. Chapter Forty-Three
  46. Chapter Forty-Four
  47. Chapter Forty-Five
  48. Chapter Forty-Six
  49. Chapter Forty-Seven
  50. Chapter Forty-Eight
  51. Chapter Forty-Nine
  52. Chapter Fifty
  53. Chapter Fifty-One
  54. Chapter Fifty-Two
  55. Chapter Fifty-Three
  56. Chapter Fifty-Four
  57. Chapter Fifty-Five
  58. Chapter Fifty-Six
  59. Chapter Fifty-Seven
  60. Chapter Fifty-Eight
  61. Chapter Fifty-Nine
  62. Chapter Sixty
  63. Chapter Sixty-One
  64. Chapter Sixty-Two
  65. Chapter Sixty-Three
  66. Chapter Sixty-Four
  67. Chapter Sixty-Five
  68. Chapter Sixty-Six
  69. Chapter Sixty-Seven
  70. Chapter Sixty-Eight
  71. Chapter Sixty-Nine
  72. Chapter Seventy
  73. Chapter Seventy-One
  74. Chapter Seventy-Two
  75. Chapter Seventy-Three
  76. Chapter Seventy-Four
  77. Chapter Seventy-Five
  78. Chapter Seventy-Six
  79. Chapter Seventy-Seven
  80. Chapter Seventy-Eight
  81. Chapter Seventy-Nine
  82. Chapter Eighty
  83. Chapter Eighty-One
  84. Chapter Eighty-Two
  85. Chapter Eighty-Three
  86. Chapter Eighty-Four
  87. Epilogue
  88. Acknowledgements
  89. About the Author
  90. About the Publisher

She wrapped her arms around him as he sobbed. This great hulk of a man, this hard man, weeping like a frightened child. His shoulders moved rhythmically up and down with each sob. She kissed him on the top of his head because she couldn’t think of anything else to comfort him. To show the frightened little boy in him that he was loved. Despite all that he was and all that he had done, she loved him still. Loved him and hated him in equal measure. But she had never been more afraid of him than she was at that moment.

It was as though someone had shone a torch into the dark recesses of her brain. Finally, she realized that it wasn’t her who made him angry. It wasn’t that she’d said the wrong thing, dressed too provocatively or asked too many questions. It was him; all him. His true nature was the violent monster and not the charming, caring man she’d fallen in love with. The monster was the side of him which he was constantly trying to suppress, but the one who would always win out in the end.

In that moment, she felt such pity for him. To have to live your life like that, never knowing true happiness, knowing that you could only be whole when you were hurting someone else.

He looked up at her then as if he was reading her mind. She saw the fear in his eyes.

‘Please don’t leave me,’ he pleaded.

‘I’m not going anywhere, Nathan,’ she told him.

‘Promise me you’ll never leave me, Grace. Promise me.’

So, she promised him. Because, despite how much she wanted to, she couldn’t see a way she could ever escape him.

Chapter Fifty-One

Present Day

The scalding hot water ran over Grace’s body. She’d jumped into the shower as soon as she’d got home after her visit to Nathan at his club. It had been tougher than she’d thought it would be, to smile at him and pretend that to even be in his company didn’t want to make her vomit. But to allow him to touch her, to touch him and pretend that it didn’t make her want to tear her own skin from her body, it had taken every ounce of strength she had. But it would be worth it. The quickest way to Nathan’s heart was through his trousers.