Ryan's POV
When he had gone over to Vivian's place, Ryan's intention had been to fuck her into the mattress until he forgot all about his own problems, and for a little while that had worked. He had wrung orgasm after orgasm from her. Chasing his own even as he brought her pleasure.
But after all was said and done, and they had both been too tired to continue, Ryan's vicious mind had begun attacking him. Assaulting him with thoughts of Gwendolyn Stuart the fourth.
Beating him up for ever daring to care deeply about such a woman. When Vivian had asked him what was wrong, Ryan had been too out of it to lie. So he had told her what was eating him up.
He had not really expected her to say anything profound. But to his shock, Vivian's words had rung a bell deep within Ryan's mind, and even now that he was back in his penthouse. Her words were still echoing around in his brain. Making a home for themselves there no matter how much he tried to ignore them.
