“At first you played hard to get. You kept slipping away, again and again you wouldn’t let me get you. I got bored. Then I had Holden killed, and after that? I didn’t have much interest in you at all. Especially after I got with Brittany. Brittany’s so much better. Generous. Open. She knows more positions than you even know exist. Looking at you, I feel nothing—”

Maverick sneered, not even trying to hide his disgust. “Honestly, that morning? When you hugged me, I ...