Claiming Bennett – Nell Daniels (1)

David asks, all warmth gone from his voice like it’s never been anything but grit and anger. Maggie thankfully answers before I manage to put together a half-assed excuse. “God, can you chill out, Dad? How dare I say good morning, right?” On second thought, maybe a shitty excuse would be better than flat out antagonization.

I can’t believe I let myself be so stupid. Did I really think putting myself in this situation was worth a good fuck? Even if I—foolishly —allowed myself to dream about something more for a moment there, I should never have let anything happen. This isn’t about me. If this blows up in my face, it’s going to rock the entire foundation of everything my Pa has worked on with David.

To say he’d be pissed is putting it lightly. David’s fiery glare doesn’t waver from my face, ignoring his daughter except for a scoff sent in her direction. His eyes are dark and his cheeks are red with barely restrained anger, his fists shaking at his sides as he stares me down. I do my best to make myself look smaller, but it’s hard to tuck more than six feet of bulky muscle in with any real effect.

“I expect you to work while you’re here, boy,” he says, raking an unimpressed glare over me. “Not flirt with my daughter.” Maggie once again cuts in before I can assure David that nothing of the sort was happening. “Uh, hello?” she asks, waving a hand in her dad’s face and stepping closer to get his attention. “Can you hear? I was saying good morning and checking on his arm.” “Why are you worried about his arm?” David asks sharply, his gaze finally snapping over to her.

I let out a silent, controlled sigh of relief, although I expect it’ll be short-lived. If I talked to my Pa like that, he’d pop me in the mouth, but David seems used to it. “You do remember that I work at the doctor’s office?” she asks, just as scathing and sharp, meeting her dad toe to toe. “And you remember Ben here slicing his arm open? Dr. Mulaney asked me to see if it was healing well or if she needed him to come back in.

We’re both just doing our jobs.” She and David are locked in a staring contest, both trying to prove they can out-last the other. If they weren’t standing in the doorway, I might try to sneak past them, but I’m stuck until they finish their argument. David looks beside himself with fury, eyes flitting between me and Maggie like he can’t decide who he wants to lay into first.

His nostrils flare wide and the muscles in his jaw clench hard enough for me to see even beneath his scruffy beard.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. 1kitap1.com/en Contents Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-One Chapter Twenty-Two Chapter Twenty-Three Chapter Twenty-Four Epilogue Epilogue Chapter One Afterword About the Author 1kitap1.com/en Chapter One MAGGIE “Who do you think you’re talking to, young lady?”

Dad blusters, his face ruddy and red like he thinks his anger will fix my attitude. Fuck’s sake. He always deflects when I try to have a serious conversation with him. And he wonders why all I ever have for him is sass. I’m not even being as bitchy as usual. If that’s what he wants, though… “Pretty sure I’m talking to my father,” I say blandly, not looking up from my phone. “We could get a paternity test if you want to double check.” He makes a choking noise from off to my side, and I glance up just in time to watch his mouth flop open and closed like a fish out of water.

I snicker at the sight before turning my attention back to my social media feed. “Magnolia Melody!” Mom snaps as soon as the words are out of my mouth. “I won’t listen to you speak to your father like that.” I know no one else dares speak to him like this, but someone needs to keep the man in line.

Besides, I’m only giving back as good as I get. If he wasn’t so insistent on treating me like a child, I might just talk to him like an adult. Seriously, I don’t get why he’s making such a big deal out of this. It’s not the first time I’ve brought up my plans for after graduation, but he’s acting like I shot him because I asked him for access to my trust fund.

That’s what it’s there for, isn’t it? I’ve given him the same answer every single time he’s asked me what I wanted to do after high school, and he blows up about it no matter how I phrase it. What, did he think my plans were going to change just because I finished high school? I’m not playing around about this, not like I’ve done with everything until now.

This is my life we’re talking about.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

Book Information

• Unique ID: 8eeb7dfed0bc8dd3
• File Extension: .pdf
• File Size: 3,446,886 bytes (3.287 MB)
• Title: –
• Author: Unknown
• Pages: 172
• Language: English (en)

Reading & Word Statistics

• Estimated Reading Time: 297.6 minutes
• Total Words: 59,520
• Total Characters: 311,723
• Average Words per Page: 346.05
• Average Characters per Page: 1812.34

Most Frequent Words

i’m (416), like (363), back (235), it’s (228), even (227), don’t (224), want (189), get (186), eyes (174), dad (148), going (145), time (143), bennett (138), know (132), can’t (132), say (129), says (128), around (126), maggie (124), i’ve (121), right (121), hand (119), now (118), way (118), little (117), one (116), i’ll (112), face (110), fucking (109), she’s (108), myself (108), you’re (100), fuck (100), take (98), let (98), much (97), he’s (96), away (96), good (95), still (95), make (94), never (94), voice (94), enough (93), need (92), anything (91), doesn’t (89), look (89), against (89), thought (86), david (85), didn’t (83), every (82), between (80), head (80), everything (77), see (77), something (77), hands (76), think (74), that’s (73), chest (72), got (71), feel (70), life (69), door (69), always (68), first (66), nothing (66), ranch (66), magnolia (65), words (65), trying (65), won’t (60), work (60), looks (60), sure (59), mom (58), stop (58), keep (57), mind (56), long (56), hard (55), things (54), without (53), well (52), maybe (52), day (52), thing (51), heart (51), come (51), chapter (50), mouth (50), since (50), really (50), lips (50), behind (50), tell (50), there’s (49), ever (48).

PDF Download