His Innocent Obsession
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my ribs. The room smelled like perfume, fear, and expensive liquor. The girls bar
clicking on the floor like the ticking
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gainst my thighs to
t know when, but I felt it
acticed, not hardened. I was nothing more than a sheltered gi
lled my name, the ro
id, her voice gentle
t nothing came out.
my ear, then pressed something cold into my h
a numb
"Slow. Don't speak unless you're told to.
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as push
first-golden, h
ld barely see the crowd, but I could feel them. Dozens of
armth of the marble stage beneath my feet. The silk of the dress sli
ttered. "Look at that wal
added. "I'll start the bid
-fif
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or the first
snapping in the air like
, but the tears
somewhere else. Pretending I was somewhere else. A bedr
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d of innocence?
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rved from stone. Men shifted in their seats just seeing him
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s tone cold enough to frost gl
trembled as he slamme
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as a wolf choosing when to lunge. Every inch
he stage and
violence. H
r a long, unreadable moment. His
s gaze flickered. Somet
dn't
dn't
andler and said, "Sh
hat wa
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quiet authority. His presence drew whispers from the
whispered from the cro
e Moretti really was,
cross
red make eye c
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couldn't
d cut glass. His mouth was unsmiling, firm, but not cruel... not exactly. His hair was thick, dark, just a little tousled like h
s bea
fying
ft. No
arre
relaxed but ready, like he could break a man's neck without blinking. His
ed a little. My
e not
rve of my throat, the way I gripped my fi
ed between us,
ical-then nodded to Vince. He didn't touch me either. Just tu
sita
eard a q
ov
didn't have to. It wasn't a reques
elt like it would break out of my chest. My feet hit the f
ed breathe as I passed. I kept my eyes down, but I could still feel them
last a night with
l rui
she'll
s clawed a
poseful. The crowd parted like the Red Sea. Hi
't look
I was bei
r. The noise of the auction faded behind thick walls
said gruffly. "You
't answer
s no vulgarity in it. Just... calculation. Possession. Li
e said coldly. "I don't want t
lammed int
cracked. "I do
enough to touch, but enou
said, voice l
cco, he added, "Wra
at her twice, break their hand
e was gone-walking ah
some
nd him than I eve