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eiling windows like it wanted in. I'd already downed three shots of tequila cheap, burning, perfect. The fourt
the one I'd bought for the honeymoon. Low-cut, slit up the thigh. I'd worn it tonight t
irl with pink hair slid
?" she asked
ped my fingers around the shot and tossed it back. Fire
p of girls laughing too loud. No one looked twice at the drenched girl in the corner with mascara tracks do
eone was w
y neck, like fingers ghosting over skin. My gaze drifted left,
er
ading through black hair at the temples, sharp jaw, eyes so dark they looked black even from he
eyes
dy, unblinking. Heat crawled up my spine despite the chill
ss. His mouth curved just the barest hint of a smirk before he r
e kicke
What the hell was I doing? Flirting? Wit
on still sat heavy in my chest, but it didn't hurt quite as sharply now. And
d for ano
e spoke behind me. "You're go
on th
was
asily over six feet broad shoulders filling ou
and leather and sin. His eyes weren't black after all; they were
here was nothing casual about the way he looked at me.
uor," I said, voice
s low, rough velvet. "B
nds were trembling on
d. Of cou
Close enough that his knee brushed my thigh through
artender. But where her tone had been
int in pretending. "My fiancé was fucking my best
offer platitudes. Just wa
He's an
h burst out of m
reached for it. His hand closed gently
eath
request. "You're already dr
t, the quiet command in his voice... it did somet
you?" I w
ist slowly, fingertips trailing
wallowed. "
Like he liked the flavor. "Pretty name for a pre
. Bad decisions. Yes. That's
lder than I'd ever been. "I came here
ing to my breasts, the hard peaks of my nipples visible through the fabr
jaw tightened,
princess," he murmured. "
spark on dry tinder. My thighs
"I want to feel something. Anything. Other than... this."
ther long moment. Then he
with
't a qu
is was insane. I didn't know him. He
ngerous sounded b
my hand
tugged me gently off the stool. I swayed a little tequila and adrenaline a
t curious glances, to the private elevator at the
oo intimate. He pressed the button
sed, he turned t
o change your
the corners of his eyes. The scar just under his jaw
to change my
ping my jaw. Thumb br
d gi
e like a drug. M
elevato
ffortless, like I weighed nothing
licked shu
ike that,
ight, a
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