Chapter 77

• "They notified me of my secretary's absence for a month, which in a way surprises me that you hid this whole thing," he speaks, looking at me intently. "I had to buy a plane ticket and upgrade yours when we could have easily gone on my plane without a problem."
• "Come on, Christian, what was the real problem? Were you going to stop me?" I complain clearly upset. "Were you going to lock me in my house or yours?"
• "No, I wasn't going to stop you. Damn it, Eryn!" he falls silent for a few seconds when he realizes he had raised his voice. "I promised to take you around the world, okay? I have to check on some things there, so you'll have a week with your friends and then you'll have to be mine alone. And no, I don't accept complaints, and for the record, I told you I'm not like Alexander."