Whispers Beneath The Sheets

sional. She told herself she'd show up at the office in her fitted pencil skirts and silk blouses, take

ccepted rules set by someone else. Not in bu

n minutes to go over client briefs. Instead, it stretched into an hour of verb

is chair with that infuriating smile tugging at his lips. He looked

, clicking her pen and avoiding his gaze. "I

you do admit there's pl

rply. "That's n

dn't ha

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e began

ng-her exact order. She froze, glancing around. The sticky

sed it, refusing to let her h

rence room where she usually worked through lunch. He l

g to the seat beside him. "But I suppose I should have g

sitting w

ate wasting time, and going somew

on edge as he returned to his phone, the corner of hi

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rian had turned every inte

flipping through her report. "Almost obsessive. Do y

rs back. "That's call

is cologne teased her senses. "That's called b

ead, she held his gaze, refusing to blink first. His sm

he whispered. "And I'l

hated him for the way

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d his game outs

fe-until she spotted him across the ballroom, perfectly tailored in a mi

ed away too quickly, focusing on

voice brushed her e

heat rushing to her

led like whiskey and cedarwood, like

"But don't worry, I like it

, even as her body screamed

u want t

his hand brushed hers as he took her empty glass. The to

ldn't-" s

tilting his head. "Or do

trayed her. Adrian smiled like a man who

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that lingered too long. Adrian whispered something wicked that made

ar ride home replaying every w

ore than sh

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, Adrian pus

ually, appearing by h

she said tightly

with you whil

insuff

corrected. "There

owing her eyes. "Why me, Ad

Because no one else fights me the way you do. Everyone else giv

it was just another line, but the way he

"Games have rules.

etheart, you've been playing since the night we

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laying his words until dawn broke. She swore she

she already k

't just

as pl

ole never pl