"Then I met you. For the first time in years, I felt something again. But I couldn't let you see it."
Theodore had made me his assistant because it was the only way he could keep me close without admitting how he felt.
But his need for control made every interaction between us feel suffocating.
It became so unbearable that all I wanted to do was escape.
"Do you have any idea how terrified I was that you would leave me?"
Theodore lowered his head and pressed a kiss to my hand.
"Whenever I saw the fear and defiance in your eyes, I felt guilty. But the more you resisted me, the harder it became to control my possessiveness."
I let out a quiet scoff.
"You acted as though you couldn't care less about me."
A trace of embarrassment crossed Theodore's face.
"A man in my position can't af
