Chapter 45

"Jason, can you not marry Samantha?" Denise looked at him with wide, pleading eyes. "What’s going on?" "Because I like you, okay? I love you, Jason." Jason stared at her for a few seconds before replying, "The engagement between the Harringtons and Montgomerys isn’t something I can just call off. Go home. Don’t come to me like this again. If you need help, I’ll always—" "Jason! You are such a freaking hypocrite!" Denise cut him off, her voice sharp and full of anger. "Denise, what do you even want from me?" "I want you to love me! Don’t tell me you don’t! If you really didn’t care, then why did you sleep with me? Why did you get involved with me at all? You’re just avoiding your real feelings, that’s why you're fake—you're just not man enough to admit the truth." That hit a nerve. Jason yanked her by the collar, face darkening. "Say that again? I’m not a man? Didn’t I just prove the opposite? Denise, enough." "You jerk!" Denise shouted, then stormed out of the office like she couldn’t