Chapter 4
Gabriel suppressed a groan as he watched the flame-haired vixen stomp down the Manor’s front steps. He wanted nothing less than to spend time with her, let himself get closer to another woman, one more person for him to fail. Maybe it was that Cassie’s fiery temperament reminded him of his sister Caroline’s intolerance for foolishness. Maybe it was only their gender; maybe he was being sexist, an amusing new word he’d learned in one of the night classes he’d taken at Tulane University.
The concept of s****m was definitely more modern than Gabriel himself, but he understood it well enough. He supposed he didn’t have a problem with Cassie or Caroline or any other woman, exactly. He merely knew that he was never able to do right by them, so he avoided anything longer than a few ho
