Shackled (The Lord Series) by Carlos
Chapter 86

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Shackled (The Lord Series)

86. Angel

I look at him and…holy back. He is…lickable and f uckable. Did 1 just think that? I need a cold shower. Several cold showers. “No need to worry about

“I don’t mind,” he insists.

“What about your wife?” I retort

He shows me his left ring finger. “I don’t have one but I hope that will change soon.”

*So you h

have a girlfriend then?”

“That is why I came here,” he says. “I heard that beautiful women live here.”

“Good luck replaceing one.”

“I already did.”

He is definitely not referring to me. I shrug and continue walking, I should have brought my bike so I would not have to deal with unwanted male attention

The man follows me. “You are stubborn,” he huffs,

to a man for

“No, I am Soda.” Not entirely lie, as this is the name I now use. It wasn’t my intention to tell him my name, but it’s been a while since I have spoken to a more than two sentences. I mustly spend my time at home.

He laughs. “I am Max.”

“Well, Max, have fun in

Falma.” I try to walk faster, and Max does the same. “Why are you following me?”

“I want to be sure you get home safely.”

“The island is very safe.”

“You never know,” he keeps arguing.

Using his logic against him, I say, “How can I be sure you won’t hurt me?”

“Only cowards would harm a

woman.”

“And what are

“The one that wants to see all the cowards suffer. Will you let me

me carry your backpack now?”

remove my backpack, and give it to him. “Do you like beef stew?”

What prompted me to ask that? St upid, Angel, stu pid. You know nothing about this person. He could be lying to me and be married.

“Are you inviting me to lunch?”

“Are you really single

“I don’t have a habit of telling lies to beautiful women.”

“What about ugly ones?”

Max thinks for a mo

a moment before saying. “Beguty is in the eye of the beholder.”

“That is bulls hit, and you know it”

86. Angel

“Women are not ugly, they are only not loved.”

I narrow my eyes. “What do you mean by that?”

“That men are st upid and don’t see the worth of women. With patience and love, any stone can become a diamond.”

I snort. “I don’t think you are patient.”

Max chackles. “I am not, but I love fiercely.“

I am single, he is single. What can go wrong? I should not do this.

We walk in silence until my house comes into sight. “I don’t like eating alone. But I have to warn you, I am a terrible chef.”

“How about 1 help you?”

I smile. “I would love that”

“You should smile more, it suits you.”

“I haven’t had a lot of reasons to smile in my life.”

We reach my house and stop in front of the door. “Not even a man?”

“There was one, but he doesn’t want me anymore.” Three of them actually, but I don’t say that out loud, not wanting to open a can of worms.

Max gently strokes my hair. It grew enough to have it pixie-styled. “He is a fool. If you were mine…” he murmurs.

Why am I enjoying this conversation so much? “If I were yours?” I want to know,

“I would not be a fool.”

My breath catches in my throat. “We are strangers.”

“I want to know you. The real you.

A shiver runs down my spine. “I don’t think I can

“I am scared”

(“Trust me.”

My head starts to spin. “This is going too fast.”

“We can take things slow. We start with lunch and

for lunch.

“It’s still early for

“Do you want me to return later?”

“Yes. No.” I sigh “I don’t know”

He chuckles softly. “How about we leave the backpack inside, and you show me around here?”

“This is a bad

86. Angel

We are two compending akichu. ”

Hot are we really? “How do I know thing? always do that and lucak

“When that do that, ang not worthy of being book

them out of their homes. ·

“My heart was broken, mis soul shattered” Law and unlock the disa

Tenter and Max, folienos me down the halbery. The house ta veik

months, it has been move this enough hu nay, Hội từng là lịch w inn, vuil there is then send lentem leturen Mar and no, tad I don’t know what to make of it.

ving rom, a Hidden, mid a bethroom, but for the past he

1 slogs in front of the table in my small kita ben. May shops bchod une, his woman lae alle fouling the back of my

The backpark on the table.

“Do you want she to kill the

that hurt someone as posvaja

I shake my head: “I am not precious.”

His hands grab my shoulders and a mean “soul when you he

IL

(the storets of this beautiful village, a smile on your gorgeous

face. I lose you were the one 1 had been looking la

“You weren’t looking specially for me but to all

He cups iny check, making any boat tage. “You are not a fing

I quirk an evebeen. “And what am 17

He takes a step back, and scrutinis me from head to toe. The commers of his mouth twitch, and I feel he is mocking me. “You are wife material”

y well how I look –

I swallow hard. “You don’t have to to me: I know very we

Turning my back to him, I start taking out him. “And what die you look like. Sutla

“Max” I breathe, Tan’t do this”:

“We aren’t doing anything, fast talking.”

the

groceries from my backpack. Max grabs my waist, pulling me to him. The dress I wear is too thin to protect me from heways into my ear…

“I will let go of you once you answer my question.”

My entire b*dy feels like burting. “I need some fresh air

“Are you scared of m

si scared of myself” 1 tell him the truth. “And I think I am ugly

Before he leta

wain, he says, “Vou are so beautiful, everyone else is dull compared in paia

“There are videos of me where things are done toile

(Thongs. Do you still döşk 1 am sile material nam? Dy feastial?

*If you were rape

your fault. If you are scared of–

“Twain) raped,” I tell him. “But what done to me mill made me weary of a mance from

He makes me look at him. “Don’t let him win

86. Angel

“How do pets krane it wasn’t more than one that had bort nie?

A vein ticks in his temple. “They will never see the

cagain for what they did to you.”

i am not letting hins sein,” I tell Mas, “After all, I invited you into my home.

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Elizabeth Johnson

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I’m so glad that she has been given time to heal. I hope this Max is genuine and teachers her her self worth but all the other men in this book are as sholes so probably.

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