Kiss Me While The World Burns

lounge partition. The air back here was cooler, smelling faintly of clean linen, expensive liquor,

solid chest pressing against her side. Instead, she leaned in until her lips nearly brushed against his

e smooth and conversational, though it carried a razor-shar

onto hers with a look of absolute amusem

gainst the bare back of her waist. The direct contact of his warm skin against her spine c

lowly, deliberately, she wrapped her hand around his neck, her fingers tangling

he spoke. "Whatever happens between us toni

anchoring her flush against his frame, while his free hand remained casually tucked in his tuxedo poc

space between them. She pushed flat against his chest,

started to walk away. But before she could even take the third step, his hand shot out

, his tone dripping with that insufferable, effortless

ay eyes narrowing into icy slits. "

g she had, she forcefully shov

ck that had absolutely nothing to do with anger. "Since that's all

is shoulder against the structural pillar, looking her up and down with an infuriat

hat, Victo

the humid air like

her blonde hair, shaking the strands out of her face before she turned around to face h

ld, Salvatore," she said, her voice dropping

she said tha

wrapping the fabric around her knuckles

split second before his instincts kicked in. A few feet away, Kany and Bruce stopped dead in t

a low growl, pulling her firmly into his chest, his large hands anchoring onto her hips. "Now that's more

inant by directing their tangled bodies toward the leath

gh she didn't let go of his tie. Her breathing was ragged as she stared hi

ng and falling heavily against hers. He raised his hand

evator. The heavy steel doors were just ahead. Before she punched the glowing open button, she paused, tu

ng with a lazy, unbothered confidence. "I'm go

ng as she looked from her boss to the billionaire

ton, the elevator doors sliding open instantly. She hauled Giordano into

g out a long, heavy sigh of absolute defeat. "I

d closed, Giordano threw a cheerful thu

as he watched the elevator indicators light up. "W

ing toward him with a lethal

y the entire sequence of events, and casua

en fully sealed before Victoria and Giordano were l

ed by the sudden, explosive friction of their bod

his fingers digging into the crimson leather of her dress as he

across every single part of her body. Her skin was burning, her mind

xygen in the tight car. A slow, dark smile stretched across Giordano'

ly sliding down the side of her flushed face, tr

ned against her skin, his lips pressing a

ld feel it. Her face was bright red, a deep, unbidden blush staining her cheeks as she tried to maintain

ight between her thighs, his fingers sliding up the hem of her

clamping tightly around his hand as a breathless gasp escaped her lips. Her

g into hers with a triumphant smirk. "The

let him win this game. She grabbed him roughly by the back of his neck, pulling him down by

, the elevator doors

er's embrace, their legs tripping over one another, they stumbled blindl

tified, but the only thing that mattered

zy, playful billionaire facade he had maintained downstairs completely evaporated, replace

hing coming in short, ragged pants as she stared him down, h

, that this was her territory, and hd was going to stay beneath her ton

le tore from his throat as he lazily took off his outfit. He unbuttoned his vest, letting it drop to the f

ers gleamed under the soft ambient l

led, stepping closer, his voice thick with a heavy, raw d

e a drug. Her face was flushed, her skin dripping with sweat as she took off the last bit of her clothes, throwing the

kable lines of a two-headed dragon, its coils wrapping tightly around a massive, lethal sword carved right down the center of

heads framing her ribs, the blade cutting straight down her center. A low, appreciative g

onizing, suffocating tension finally dragging out between them in the dark space. She stepped in

ice a low, commanding snap that brooke