na'
ething intense, primal, almost confrontational in its ferocity. Suddenly, I felt strip
uldn't look a
dissolving into irrelevance. As his eyes traced a slow path over my tear-streaked fac
I possessed-screamed to launch myself into his arms, to demand he
back to reality like i
ll are you
was Eric Thompson. Billionaire Alpha. The
of all-the future b
anything real, anyway. Mark had taught me that lesson in the mos
t my cheeks with the back of my hand. I cl
him, toward the open d
dn't
ained planted in the doorway, his broad shoulders filli
he stared down at me, those penetrating eyes raking ov
apped, following
,
est. Heat flooded my cheeks. The guards. The struggle. They must have ripped it during that brutal drag to the el
couldn't recall ever being this close to him before, never having exchan
e," I said firmly, attem
my waist, and he hauled me back
ut the moment my palms made contact with the heat of him through that fine suit, a jolt of raw desire shot through my fingers, arc
with arrogant disdain. "I will not allow anyone to appear
sanctimonious tone ignit
Before I could think, before I could question my own s
the charged silence. What remained was a tight, s
I spat, my chest heaving
utterl
against the wall, his body crowding mine dangerously close. His earthy scent surrounde
eck, his breath hot against my skin, eyes darker than be
gainst his chest. "I'm trapped in an elevator with a torn dre
ed to granite.
ore I could process what happened, he hit the button. The doors slid open, and he st
jacket as the elevator d
l-those cruel, cutting words implying I was some kind of wanton creature, flaun
d
nd me, sinking into my skin, making my legs weak, stirring something
y responded this way. Hated t
d stolen Mark away from me. The absolut
ook what the c
I hurried toward the exit, desperate
Mark's
I had no energ
ectly into my path,
Her tone dripped with contempt.
joined her. Their eyes dragged over me with
ase. I wouldn't touch that gold-digging, s
in sycophantic laughter. "If you're not interested, then why are you here? To cr
ess-or your snake of a brother's, Sel
, but we won't have trash like you hangi
id little drama you people have going on here has nothing to do with
her fingers, shrieking, "Security! Over here
dn't
t draped over my shoulders. Their nostrils flared as they caught the scen
hesit
he jacket-and the wild, dominant pheromones cling
ison. "That's all you're good for, isn't it?
inside m
efore my brain
ac
, my palm connecting with her cheek
ng her face, too st
oke stiffly, carefully avoiding my
't look back. No one dared stop me. The guards kept their distance, their
*
hivering. Panic tightened my chest as I thought of the jacket. I couldn't let it be ruined. I hurried into a dark c
when I
ghter. And heavy foot
and my stom
ows, their eyes crawling over m
barely audible over the drumming rai
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