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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

Jake and his mates left once the band had finished, off to find somewhere more exciting. Nathan remained though, and sat at the bar, enjoying the free whisky and the view. He watched Grace all night, the way she moved effortlessly behind the bar, like she was born to be there. It was obvious it was her place. He admired the curve of her arse in the tight pencil skirt she wore. She’d developed a habit of pulling her long hair over to one side, leaving the right side of her neck exposed. It made him hard just thinking about kissing her there, having his face buried in her neck, and what he was usually doing at the time.

He thought of all the beautiful women he knew. Kayleigh was sitting at home waiting for him. She was undeniably gorgeous, but she’d never held the same pull for him that Grace did. None of them had. He’d tried to convince himself that he was over her, that he could make it work with Kayleigh, but Grace was like a drug to him. And the more she seemed not to want him, the more he needed to have her.

When she hadn’t been around earlier, he’d been surprised by how much it affected him. Maybe he should stop being such a prick and tell her that he was bluffing about Jake? Tell her that he would never do that to his own son. Ask her to give them another chance. Tell her that he would never hurt her again, if she would just take him back. He almost laughed out loud. What the fuck was wrong with him? It must have been the old place messing with his head. Even he knew that was a promise he couldn’t keep.

When closing time came, he was desperate to touch her, to run his hands over her bare skin, to taste her.

‘I’ll help Grace close up,’ he told the three bar staff who were left. ‘You can get off home.’

They all looked at her, seeking her approval. She was the boss after all, not him. Not anymore.

‘Yes, go on,’ she smiled at them.

Nathan practically pushed them out of the door.

Chapter Seventy

Nathan closed the heavy front doors as he let out the last of Grace’s staff, fastening the huge steel bolt behind them. The noise echoed around the empty pub. She imagined that was what a prison cell door sounded like when it was closed and she winced at the irony.