“She gets under your skin, doesn’t she? Makes you want to tear your hair out one minute and tear her clothes off the next. You know that means she’s the one, don’t you? That’s something you can’t let walk away, Mike.”
I spun round to face him. “You know what? I have no plan. I have no idea why she’d even want to stay with me after tonight. What am I supposed to do? Blackmail her some more? You think she’s gonna see me as a catch? The guy who threatened her and her boyfriend. The one who’s forced her into all this? I’m the bad guy and you know what? I’m fine with that. It makes life easy.”
“What’s so fun about easy? Where’s the challenge in that? Come on, man, you love a challenge. Isn’t she the ultimate?” He really wouldn’t stop goading me.
“Why are you pushing me? What’s your problem?
