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Infected by Ben's hope for our future, I smiled at him and eased on the gas. I really didn't have any idea where we would end up, but I suspected we were going to enjoy every second of our journey.

"I tormented you because it made me laugh to see you cry. If you weren't so fucking weak, I might have stopped after the night I gave you to Russ, after your father finally understood what it felt like to have someone take something precious from you."

"Lightheaded and trembling, I clutched at his shoulders as he stabbed his tongue between my lips. He bit my lower lip with enough pressure to make me gasp. I had a feeling he had done it to remind me that he wasn't a nice man and that he could hurt me—that he would hurt me."

"The truth was painful and raw—but it was real. Ben wasn't a lawyer or a doctor. He wasn't a professional athlete or a banker. He was a mechanic, a mob enforcer and a car thief." ...but did we connect!

Marley said yes to the Albanian enforcer, Ben just as calm as a cucumber!

"Long ago, my father had taught me the art of negotiation. Know when you're beat, he had warned. Get out early. Sell first. Close the deal."