CHAPTER 016: Dealist

CHAPTER 016: Deal Is Back On

I let out a short, humorless laugh. “Excuse me?”

“You heard me,” he says, stepping closer, his eyes blazing with fury. “Whatever you’ve started with the it ends. Now.”

I meet his gaze head-on, refusing to back down. “I don’t tell you who to date, Ryan, So what gives you the right to dictate who I see?”

“This is different, Julie!” Ryan shouts, his voice booming through the room. “He’s my business partner This could ruin everything!”

“Everything?” I repeat, my voice dripping with sarcasm “By ‘everything, do you mean your business, or your little arrangement with Emily?”