Owned by Night

the next morning was the a

ool and empty where Damien had been just hours before. The faint scent of his colog

ound my body, as if that could somehow shiel

te. N

tment settled low in my c

kfast in bed? Sweet nothi

ell wasn't th

st night wasn't supp

at's what I

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ch. But no matter how hard I scrubbed, I couldn't erase the bruises his lips had left along

d left for campus, I'd convi

g at my phone every five minutes, wa

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h to

a waving a hand in front of my fac

ushing my notes aside.

as asking if you're still al

you talk

pping her chin on her

am

g to do with a certain someone whos

ng look, but the blush cree

dened. "You sl

il

us glances from the other studen

was it? On a scale of one to I'

groaning softly. "I am not hav

h her elbow. "You can't drop a bomb like t

she wouldn't notice how my voice falt

a brow. "S

gue, but the vibration

, pulse spiking at the

na

ng as she read the message ups

t her hand

gave me space as I

Tonight. I'll

te request. Just Damien, makin

typing out a q

ld try aski

ly was

n't aware you

etween irritation and somethin

, watching me carefully.

away, ignoring the

ay

-

I was standing by the window of my apar

lready there, slee

iting for him – but the fact that I'd been rea

soft but firm, and I open

inst the doorframe, dressed in another tailored suit

ng just long enough to make my skin pr

od," he said

do y

dable in his expression – something dark

abbed my coat and fo

-

aurant overlooking the city, the kind

ting a warm glow across Damien's face as h

uch," I said, bre

brow. "Nei

t used

ha

the stem of my wine glass between my fing

ass down, leaning

, his eyes locking on

ed, heat unfurli

id, trying to inject some sense

thing about r

nding louder than the music pl

hand reaching across the t

ent to anyone watching – but it f

ing slow circles against my wrist. "I'm not a

wonder if he already knew I w

t losing myself