Chapter 86
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Shackled (The Lord Series)
86. Angel
I look at him and…holy back. He is…lickable and f uckable. Did 1 just think that? I need a cold shower.
Several cold showers. “No need to worry about
“I don’t mind,” he insists.
“What about your wife?” I retort
He shows me his left ring finger. “I don’t have one but I hope that will change soon.”
*So you h
have a girlfriend then?”
“That is why I came here,” he says. “I heard that beautiful women live here.”
“Good luck finding one.”
“I already did.”
He is definitely not referring to me. I shrug and continue walking, I should have brought my bike so I
would not have to deal with unwanted male attention
The man follows me. “You are stubborn,” he huffs,
to a man for
“No, I am Soda.” Not entirely lie, as this is the name I now use. It wasn’t my intention to tell him my
name, but it’s been a while since I have spoken to a more than two sentences. I mustly spend my time
at home.
Heughs. “I am Max.”
“Well, Max, have fun in
Falma.” I try to walk faster, and Max does the same. “Why are you following me?”
“I want to be sure you get home safely.”
“The ind is very safe.”
“You never know,” he keeps arguing.
Using his logic against him, I say, “How can I be sure you won’t hurt me?”
“Only cowards would harm a
woman.”
“And what are
“The one that wants to see all the cowards suffer. Will you let me
me carry your backpack now?”
remove my backpack, and give it to him. “Do you like beef stew?”
What prompted me to ask that? St upid, Angel, stu pid. You know nothing about this person. He could
be lying to me and be married.
“Are you inviting me to lunch?”
“Are you really single
“I don’t have a habit of telling lies to beautiful women.”
“What about ugly ones?”
Max thinks for a mo
a moment before saying. “Beguty is in the eye of the beholder.”
“That is bulls hit, and you know it”
86. Angel
“Women are not ugly, they are only not loved.”
I narrow my eyes. “What do you mean by that?”
“That men are st upid and don’t see the worth of women. With patience and love, any stone can
be a diamond.”
I snort. “I don’t think you are patient.”
Max chackles. “I am not, but I love fiercely.“
I am single, he is single. What can go wrong? I should not do this.
We walk in silence until my housees into sight. “I don’t like eating alone. But I have to warn you, I
am a terrible chef.”
“How about 1 help you?”
I smile. “I would love that”
“You should smile more, it suits you.”
“I haven’t had a lot of reasons to smile in my life.”
We reach my house and stop in front of the door. “Not even a man?”
“There was one, but he doesn’t want me anymore.” Three of them actually, but I don’t say that out loud,
not wanting to open a can of worms.
Max gently strokes my hair. It grew enough to have it pixie-styled. “He is a fool. If you were mine…” he
murmurs.
Why am I enjoying this conversation so much? “If I were yours?” I want to know,
“I would not be a fool.”
My breath catches in my throat. “We are strangers.”
“I want to know you. The real you.
A shiver runs down my spine. “I don’t think I can
“I am scared”
(“Trust me.”
My head starts to spin. “This is going too fast.”
“We can take things slow. We start with lunch and
for lunch.
“It’s still early for
“Do you want me to returnter?”
“Yes. No.” I sigh “I don’t know”
He chuckles softly. “How about we leave the backpack inside, and you show me around here?”
“This is a bad
86. Angel
We are twopending akichu. ”
Hot are we really? “How do I know thing? always do that and lucak
“When that do that, ang not worthy of being book
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them out of their homes. ·
“My heart was broken, mis soul shattered” Law and unlock the disa
Tenter and Max, folienos me down the halbery. The house ta veik
months, it has been move this enough hu nay, H?i t?ng là l?ch w inn, vuil there is then send lentem
leturen Mar and no, tad I don’t know what to make of it.
ving rom, a Hidden, mid a bethroom, but for the past he
1 slogs in front of the table in my small kita ben. May shops bchod une, his womane alle fouling the
back of my
The backpark on the table.
“Do you want she to kill the
that hurt someone as posvaja
I shake my head: “I am not precious.”
His hands grab my shoulders and a mean “soul when you he
IL
(the storets of this beautiful vige, a smile on your gorgeous
face. I lose you were the one 1 had been looking
“You weren’t looking specially for me but to all
He cups iny check, making any boat tage. “You are not a fing
I quirk an evebeen. “And what am 17
He takes a step back, and scrutinis me from head to toe. Themers of his mouth twitch, and I feel
he is mocking me. “You are wife material”
y well how I look –
I swallow hard. “You don’t have to to me: I know very we
Turning my back to him, I start taking out him. “And what die you look like. Su
“Max” I breathe, Tan’t do this”:
“We aren’t doing anything, fast talking.”
the
groceries from my backpack. Max grabs my waist, pulling me to him. The dress I wear is too thin to
protect me from heways into my ear…
“I will let go of you once you answer my question.”
My entire b*dy feels like burting. “I need some fresh air
“Are you scared of m
si scared of myself” 1 tell him the truth. “And I think I am ugly
Before he leta
wain, he says, “Vou are so beautiful, everyone else is dullpared in paia
“There are videos of me where things are done toile
(Thongs. Do you still d??k 1 am sile material nam? Dy feastial?
*If you were rape
your fault. If you are scared of–
“Twain) raped,” I tell him. “But what done to me mill made me weary of a mance from
He makes me look at him. “Don’t let him win
86. Angel
“How do pets krane it wasn’t more than one that had bort nie?
A vein ticks in his temple. “They will never see the
cagain for what they did to you.”
i am not letting hins sein,” I tell Mas, “After all, I invited you into my home.
Chapter Comments
Elizabeth Johnson
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I’m so d that she has been given time to heal. I hope this Max is genuine and teachers her her self
worth but all the other men in this book are as sholes so probably.
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