12 Emma “This is ridiculous!” The words burst out of me as soon as Marcus and I are alone in our room. “You can’t keep doing this!” He lifts a dark eyebrow. “I can and I will—for as long as it takes for you to accept the inevitable.” “The inevitable being that we’re going to live together?” His smile is pure arrogance. “Exactly.” Argh! I want to slap him so badly my palm is twitching. We’d had such a good day together, and he’d been so sweet to my grandmother during dinner that I’d almost forgotten what he’s really like. A ruthless, manipulative bastard who’ll stop at nothing to get what he wants. Which, for some bizarre reason, happens to be me. I’m so f****d—and not just literally. Gritting my teeth, I focus on the issue at hand. “I am not moving in with you.” I enunciate each

