fa

r-the way her lips parted when she laughed, the way her body arched agai

ntercom, my voice rough with

e moment she slipped out of my car this mornin

snap again. Marcus stumbled in,

is wrong with y

u sounded

re, not break the

but his smirk was already in place. The

found her,"

er one night?" He asked, and I don't blame him, he k

oice dropped l

usement didn't fade. "Fine, fine

y m

s mar

s hit me like a

lls

ut to detonate, and clearly enjoying the sight before him. "She's married to one of

d. Married?. That's my off-li

, her breath hot against my ear-she hadn't ac

re?" My vo

sitive,

thought of another man's hands on her, anot

d still taste her

nged everything.

nge a better looking hot chick, you know they all want to be with Rafae

't know how this girl makes me feel, and I

os

I said before he could utter any other th

e I had betrayed myself by sleeping with a married woman. I had vowed never to do that since my dad cheated on my mom twenty years ago before

osed my eyes, thwarted, but the memory hit me again-her body moving beneath mine, her b

ly opened my eyes to

didn't ask her, and even my idiot assistant never dee

y to fish her out from all our par

boy! If not for the fact that I l

ass. Every nerve in my body was still raw from the revel

l in place. "Chairman's on the line. Your new obsession must

d. "One more word, Marcus, and I swear

ut wisely shut up as I

I got, no matter how much power I wielded in this city, that m

about to deliver news I wouldn't like. "The half-billion-d

. You taught me that. Our word is our reputation. What the hell happened Dad?" I asked, confused, because the Masons had been in our pocket just days ago. A done

fully, the same measured tone he'd used years ago when I had just moved into his house and furious

voice made my che

with a soft exhale, almost weary.

lungs like I'd

sist

s family. She'd left the moment she found out her father was remarrying. Changed

now what name s

nothing to do with the Velmera

was all I c

ply. Then, before I could dema

e it was the only thing holding me

e she'd gone. Just my mother's quiet sadness of how she hated her, our fat

was just...

me week I'd broken my own rules for a woman I couldn't have. The same

erse had a sick

een thinking about the grant. About the fallout. About my sister-Christ

could se

my cock like it was a sin. The way she'd fi

And yet, even now, with my world tilting on its ax

it." I'm