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ation echoing through the open-concept living room. The city lights bled throu

oss the black marble floors. I stood at the bar, one hand wrapped around a glass

t. All because

s heels clicking, hips swaying, that familiar smirk playing on her lip

ow and unhurried as if she own

Better still

opping her clutch on the marble counter. Her tone was casual, but her eyes weren'

er clutch onto the counter. Her eyes, cat-like a

as off. Elor

ipping the whiskey I'd poured minutes before sh

rve black silk, no bra, side slit riding danger

dling my lap with practiced ease, her perfume already

s warm, her breath hot against my throat. Her

htly on her thighs. "You

you've been acting

And she hated n

pping at my earlobe. "O

wly down my neck, her nail

ed. "El

p thinking, Xavier. You

Like she was trying to reclaim somethi

r body was mapped into my muscle memory. I lifted her easily, h

My shirt. Her heels. She moaned as I pushed her

I di

fu

g distractio

in my mind those wide, fire-eyed stares, that

was she doin

ged at my belt, impatient. "Don't zone out on me

't pl

ing across the sheets like wildfire. She gasped h

ween her breasts, my hand

said through panting breath

just for

stomach, avoiding the

she hissed, v

She cried out, arching into me, losing her train

want the tr

ding her pulse point as he

hispered, brokenly. "You fu

ng over her, eye

aybe I'

stunned, her

o say?" I asked. "That I do

harder than her

kissed me even harder, like she was

li

g to forget. Fast, furious, and

her throat, not tight just enough to make her

rough, I stopp

her in

v

cheeks flushed when I got too close. The way she d

Dam

pushing Elora over the edge with me but even

e, sweaty and smug. She rolled onto her

voice ha

slipping

d not

I know you." She leaned clos

of playing house with someone who doesn'

arted. Sho

sked it wi

scared of feeling som

the black silk, and looked ove

," Elora said quiet

hind nothing but her perfume an

tless, staring up at the c

ad just fucked up everyt