Dirty Beginning (Dirty 0.50)

To my surprise though, Killian doesn’t take me to my room. He takes me to his. I don’t protest. I’m too tired to do anything else. And we have some shit we need to work out anyway .

He lays me on his bed that is just like the one in mine. He leaves and quickly comes back with some water, aspirin, and the hotel’s cookies. He hands them all to me. He doesn’t have to speak to get me to take them. I know they will make me feel better .

“You shouldn’t drink so much .”

“No shit,” I say before swallowing the pills .

He smiles. “You’re cute when you curse .”

“I learned from you.” I sigh. “What do you want, Killian? Why am I here ?”

He narrows his eyes at me. “Why did you agree to go out with him ?”

I sigh. “Why not? I know what happened between us last night was just a one-time thing. And I just thought, if I could prove that I am capable of finding a man on my own, one

who is good for the company, then my grandfather would give me more time to be more involved in the decision. I just thought I could do better than you .”

I study his face to see if my words hurt him, but they don’t. “And you were out with that brunette at the bar anyway .”

A small smile tugs at the corner of his lips. “That was my sister .”

“Oh.” I take a deep breath. “Why did you agree to marry me ?”

“Because I want to be CEO. And I’ve realized that it is the only way I will ever get that .”

I sit up too fast, and the dizziness that ensues makes me grab my head. He grabs ahold of me and forces me to lie back in bed .

“I just want to go back to my own bed .”

“No, not until we figure this out .”

I sigh. “There is nothing to figure out. You want to marry me to get the CEO position, but you don’t really want to be married to me. I don’t want to marry you either. I’ll just tell my grandfather that I don’t care about the money or being connected to the Felton empire. You’ll get everything you ever wanted .”

“That won’t work .”

“It will. It was your plan after all. And you do no wrong, remember ?”

“That’s not true,” he says. His body moves closer to mine. “I do a lot of things wrong. I do a lot of things that I shouldn’t do .”

I roll my eyes. “You’ve never done anything wrong in your life .”

His lips crash with mine. His lips are full of hunger, of need. I feel my body giving in to the kiss, but I can’t let it happen .

I push him away. “What was that ?”

“It was me doing something that I shouldn’t .”

“Why shouldn’t you?” I ask, confused .

“Because you can’t fall for me,” he says .

But when he kisses me again, I wonder if he is the one who can’t fall for me .

I push him off of me. But his mouth just finds my neck instead of my lips .

“I’m still mad at you,” I say .

His mouth tugs at my earlobe. “I know .”