![]() Once upon a time, Emmett Mercier was all I wanted. Now that we’ve rekindled our friendship, he’s intent on unearthing my heart’s true motives.Īnd therein lies the problem: I was doing just fine without him, but now that he’s rattling the bars of my cage, I’m forced to acknowledge the truth. Soon, I’ll even dutifully walk down the aisle toward a man of her choosing.Įmmett can’t stand my obedience. From where I go to how I dress, it all depends on the calculated whims of my grandmother. There’s no room for him in my gilded cage. Self-assured, handsome, intoxicating-Emmett is more man than I can handle. There’s only a mere trace of the boy I once knew. I’m ill-prepared the day he strides into my art gallery. Which Parisian hotel is he calling home now? Is there some new lithe model draping herself across his lap today? I would have gone crazy trying to keep up with his jet-setting life. John’s, I’ve no longer bothered yearning for Emmett. I was far too young, and he was far too consequential-until one day we found ourselves alone together in the dark library and struck up a friendship…of sorts.īut in the years since leaving St. ![]() The crown prince of his father’s vast business empire, unapologetically attractive…oh, and fluent in French.Īt school, I kept a picture of him hidden beneath my pillow, a tiny token of my adolescent infatuation, but I might as well have been worshiping a distant demigod. Once upon a time, Emmett Mercier was the golden boy of St. ![]()
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