u

nd half a degree of confidence that mak

Leila waves her phone in

the last round of drinks. We're four girls deep into celebra

I say, because

y at the bar? The one in the dark g

and almos

of chest. He's got one hand wrapped around a tumbler of something dark, the other twitching on his kn

et me killed?" I ask

definitely older. You said yo

wanted to sur

a marriage proposal." Kayla l

nce a

seem to be focused on anything at all. There's something coiled

this, when I've just landed an internship at the biggest business enterpr

But if he arrests me with hi

egs don't feel like jelly and my

like I belong there with my chin h

Just swirls the drink in his han

playing my signat

hen, a "No." Flat,

augh caught in my throat. "I h

der ice. He looks at me like he's already exhausted by my

ask for my number." It's not a

two beats, "So

hot with whiskey and intent

Not because I'm shocked

eeps an iron grip on everything until one thread snaps and i

ation. He means it. Every

tting e

g about the way he looks at me, like he's trying n

y, "One

like he didn't e

"What's y

k. "You don't need it. Let's

smirk subtly at the girls, noting thei

*

a h

n. Modern. Two blocks away

t ask why. I already guess this man doesn't do thi

wear he's grinding his teeth. Like he regrets this alr

all

f. Just the faint city glow coming

ir, rolls his sleeves up to his f

ave," he says, his

lways this

I flinch, not in fear

peeled off my coat, draped it over the arm of a sleek leather chair, and turned

ealing not quite a smile. "You alw

y looks like he c

own, slowly. Like

guess I'm abou

he'd already decided wha

rse, like he

, the next, he was in front of me - heat rolling off his body, one h

I except, mor

murmurs on my mouth. "Yo

shutting my eyes, as I wait for

y. His hands goes to my waist, firm and possessive, tugging me close until our hips are flush. I fee

sharply.

st time, I feel something cracked in him.

my hips. One hand slide between my thighs, cupping me over my p

, his voice dark with something

suspense," I breat

rp and amused, before dragging my pa

s knees. No teas

air, my thighs shaking from the sheer force of it. He effortlessly wrapped one arm around my hip to keep me from fal

name wasn't even in my mouth. I had noth

l fully dressed, towering over me lik

," he says, and I re

ickl

eathing hard, bare from the waist down, and suddenly shy. That wasn't like me. I wa

at, I took care of a long time. Myself. But this was going t

Pulls his cock free and stroked it once,

My pussy. More

out if I'll ruin y

," I say, already reaching

und, bending m

, lined himself up, and push

ll pleasure. The fullness. The pres

breath, barely aud

grinned, panting. "M

ised. Almost boyish, then he growled - act

" he rasped ag

're

" Came anothe

it." I moan loudly

, forehead against the back

ed. The way he fucking fucked me, hard, deep, possessive, like I was the only thing in the world keeping him aliv

- he never

n't ev

m, to maybe see him, he dragged my face

murmured.

I d

ody going taut and then liquid. He followed seconds later, pulsing inside

de me, one arm fl

y chest heaving. My heart

ll... n

oke, he

open. His scent still lingered on the pill

re folded on

te, written in sharp

tonight. Don

o name. Just

a long time, feeling my heart doing s

know wh

now what

why he refus

e. I was going to have a har