Joey’s POV
I felt like I had any and all permission to do what needed to be done from Marsden.
He said he didn’t want to know and to just do it. So if I had to go all the way with Emile, that’s what I would do to keep him and myself alive.
I could lie and say that it didn’t scare me that he had previously killed women he loved, but it did. I could be next. Unless I played it smarter than my ancestors and just kept pretending to love him.
I hated to say it, but it was actually easy pretendng. Emile was handsome and affectionate and if I wasn’t happy for one second he would do what he could to make me smile.
If he wasn’t hell bent on taking over the world, he would absolutely be boyfriend material.
Emile breezed through the dining room, causing everyone to almost freeze.
He didn’
