"Our parents were killed in a car crash. A year later, Ryan rocks up into my life. And before you ask - no, I don’t see the father anymore. He’s out of our lives, the no good piece of shit."
"I’m sorry to hear that, Chloe."
"Like f**k you are," she snapped, caring little about who may have heard her. "It’s music to a bloke’s ears, isn’t it? Finding out the ex-prick of some bird isn’t around to cause trouble."
"I’ve always said that life deals us all a bad hand without warning." Xander swirled his beer around in the glass. "Out of the blue, an incident will present itself, something out of your control. You had to adapt quickly, or else you’re screwed."
"And are you good at getting out of a sticky situation?" Chloe ducked her head and winked at him.
"I’m excellent at it."
"Yeah? I wis
