Chapter 22: The Terms
Bastien
She still hadn't sat down.
Her fingers rested on the edge of the table, and I could see the weight she put on them, like the wood was holding up whatever she was about to say. I didn't rush her. People rushed her all her life, and none of them got anything worth keeping.
"Say I consid...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Delivery That Led to My Boyfriend's Party
2. Chapter 2: He Chose Not to Know Me
3. Chapter 3: The Man at the Top of the School's Food Chain Is Picking Up Money for Me?
4. Chapter 4: The Exception
5. Chapter 5: The Exception
6. Chapter 6: The Exception
7. Chapter 7: The Storage Room
8. Chapter 8: Cold Water and a Branded Print
9. Chapter 9: A Reasonable Explanation
10. Chapter 10: The Sound That Ruins Everything
11. Chapter 11: The Fire Exit
12. Chapter 12: Mind Your Own Business
13. Chapter 13: The Only Thing I Can Still Reach
14. Chapter 14: The Line
15. Chapter 15: The Assignment
16. Chapter 16: What She Can't Steal
17. Chapter 17: What They Can't Take
18. Chapter 18: The Break
19. Chapter 19: What You Owe Her
20. Chapter 20: The Offer
21. Chapter 21: The East Conference Room
22. Chapter 22: The Terms
23. Chapter 23: Price Tag
24. Chapter 24: Only Biology
25. Chapter 25: The Space Between Us
26. Chapter 26: The Distance He Keeps
27. Chapter 27: Clean Money
28. Chapter 28: The Last Shift
29. Chapter 29: Process and Proof
30. Chapter 30: Narrative Over Facts
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