Seduced By The Enemy

till swollen

er to slap him or pull him back for more. My chest ris

o bed," I murmu

arken. "That's what

's what I wo

rough my bluff. "Keep lying to yourself

n't r

can

ore second in this room,

-

or

that smell too much like him-

suite door break

ss, tousled, and dangerous. I peek from be

at stands there. Too

e man says, "You

tomac

ns. "I don't work

disag

then, and a slow sm

ttle different from

an's jaw

envelope and walks awa

bout?" I ask when

ly. He looks down at the env

finally mutters. "Yo

t I

his has nothing to do with business-and eve

-

r Tha

o his car. He doesn't sa

ring at me through the glass. Like he's me

It does somet

inst the passenger door.

ftly. "Means you're

e he's racing somethi

led too tightly, like if I say the wrong word, it'll s

past the city l

ans. Bankers. Celebrities. You name it." He pauses. "Black

u left a

dry laugh.

And now he wa

glances at me. "And you just

ples down my

e I kiss

pt for the hum of the engine and

-

dark. The air is thick with summer

n I open the door. "You sur

be fine

step inside, I kno

e picture frames is crooked. And there's a fa

an's already there. He must'

s, stepping past me and

someone's

en disappears into the hallway. I hear the cr

inutes later, a

not

me and Sebastia

h. Like it was ta

ack, heart i

s," Sebastian mutters

ou or

Bo

-

ed to my chest while Sebastian talks t

s eyes are darker tha

up, I ask, "Wha

s in front of me. For once

to me. And no matter how mu

od s

rows me completely off balance-

s never supposed to hap