“Okay. I can live with those compromises,” Venus said softly. Then she shook her head. “This is insane. This sort of thing doesn’t happen.”
“In my world it does,” he said amusement in his voice.
“There is only one world,” she snapped. “And we all live in the same world.”
“And that is where I intend to prove you wrong, my sweets. My world, my rules. I answer to no one, and no one f***s with me or what’s mine.”
“And is that what I am? Yours?”
“For the time being? Yes.”
She looked instantly uneasy, her eyes worried and apprehensive.
“And what happens to me when you figure out I’m not all that and you don’t want me anymore?” she asked quietly.
“You will always be taken care of, Venus. I’m not a complete bastard. If the day comes that we no longer are compatible, then you will be taken
