Claiming What's Forbidden

een. Her lips still tingled with the ghost of Ares's kiss. Every time she blinked, she saw his face those dark eyes that had look

ame anymore. And

that always followed him. But today, his steps faltered slightly when he passed her. His eyes

art was in

n't discussed the kiss. He hadn't called her into his of

his cologne drifting from his half-open door, or the way her skin prickled when she heard hi

lad out to the courtyard behind the building, seeking cool air and qu

I joi

s him

owed hard

looking far too composed for someone who had ne

an apolog

d an eyeb

ntly. "For cr

fork. "You didn't h

gister, rough and sincere. "You should have. You wor

twisted. "

table. "I've been trying not to sin

eath h

"I didn't plan to kiss you. I di

e," she

to understand I'm not like other men. This... this is

the stone. "Then do something about it.

ay, her pulse racing, le

of scotch forgotten in his hand. Rain tapped against the

dn't

ng with Veronica, his fiancée. Tired of being eve

im. And for the first time, he didn't

with extra precision her navy pencil skirt hugged her curves tastefully, her blouse

s wai

a," he

fr

ffice

lked past. Whispers bloomed like smoke. Once

g it with

. "You can't jus

I already told

er knees weak

love." His eyes bored into hers. "Because I

es.

me. Every second without you feels wrong. This isn't about rebell

she still hesitated. "

'll push but I'm done living for them. I've built this

no. But she didn't. Their lips met again, and this time

erate, he whispered, "I want to be yours, completel

and fell as she st

d