Chapter 49 In control

• After the latest stunt she’d pulled in the bedroom, Grayson knew his surrogate was toying with him. But what the fuck was she trying to achieve by such games? Did she really think she was the one in control here? Well, he’d have to remedy that right away. His word was law, especially in his own home. And he’d show her just who was the boss.
• But he was still intrigued by her goals in such endeavors. Was this all a misguided attempt to make him actually fall for her or something? Surely the girl from a sex club couldn’t be delusional enough to believe this business arrangement between them would ever evolve into something more? It was most likely a ploy for the girl to get her claws sunk into him, to seduce him, and try and take him for all she could. He couldn’t necessarily fault her for showing behaviors that had aided in her past survival, using her body to get the things she wanted. Like an animal trying to survive in a less than hospitable environment. She’d had to adapt over the years to make it.
• She was cunning alright, but she didn’t know just who the fuck she was dealing with. Others had made the same mistake of underestimating him in the past and he relished in showing Amberleigh Dubois the error of her way in thinking she could manipulate him. Only weak-willed individuals let themselves be manipulated. Grayson would never put himself in such precarious positions again. To let himself be fooled, to trust anyone in this world again, save for his mother.