Morgan Bentley is a bastard. Matthew knows this absolutely—until he doesn’t.
Matthew and his friend Cory are thrilled to
attend one of the most prestigious universities in the UK. On their pre-entry
visit, they met Morgan Bentley and his stuck-up friends. Matthew takes an
instant dislike to the arrogant, conceited, self-obsessed, beautiful,
intelligent, and charismatic boy. Throughout the next year, Matthew harbours
his dislike, never missing the opportunity to complain to his best friend,
Cory, what a bastard Morgan is.
Then, an unexpected turn of events catapults Matthew, Morgan, and Cory into a
nightmare, and all the things Cory had said about Matthew’s true feelings about
Morgan come crashing down on his head, and he realises that what he thought was
hatred and anger was, in fact, growing attraction and begrudging admiration.
But when the deadly nature of the elusive Project X is revealed, it seems their
budding romance is doomed before it begins, as one of them is unlikely to
survive.
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Morgan Bentley was a bastard. An utter,
complete, A-one, cut-glass bastard. He was arrogant, selfish, cold,
standoffish, cruel, and completely heartless. His history was peppered with
broken hearts and broken people attesting to the fact. There was no doubt about
it—he was a bastard.
Morgan didn’t have any friends. What he had
was an entourage: people who cared less for the person he was than for the
prestige his company brought. At the moment he had a girlfriend, the undoubted
Alpha Female of the university, a bitch called Charlotte Lethbridge, whose
father owned half of Mayfair. The relationship wouldn’t last, though. They
never did. And next week it could just as easily be a boyfriend.
No one ever said no to Morgan. No one
outside his circle of “friends” ever said anything at all unless he invited
them to, which he rarely ever did.
Cory often said Morgan was sad—he had to
be. He had to be lonely and sad because he had no real friends, no lasting
relationships, no one to share with. Not like us. Sometimes I had to stop
myself laughing when he said that. Morgan Bentley sad? Not bloody likely. He
had everything. I mean everything.
His father was a research chemist, heading
a huge multinational corporation. They manufactured drugs and engaged in
research projects, sometimes for the government. I think that’s why Cory was so
fascinated with Morgan. He was getting a degree in biochemistry and wanted to
be a researcher himself. Cory was awesome...but he had flaws, and his
fascination with Morgan was one of them. Personally, I wouldn’t care if I never
saw his smug face ever again. Hell, I’d have been so much happier if I hadn’t.
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