bare skin, sending a delicate s

lm, startlingly intense, while his touch turned unexpectedly rough-the hardened pads of his fingers dragging firmly across her

ainst the curve of her neck, ea

her skirt, her entire body began to tremble, her bre

st as his fingers were about to brush

ering near her ear as his voice dropped into a hoarse, strained warning. "If you're

s voice tightening. "If you

seized his tie and dragge

ps sealed over the heated lobe, and she sucked once-soft, controlled, an

stay in character, her voice dipping into a faint, t

hid his expression from view, yet a low

t on, any hesit

slid between her thighs, fingers locating that hidden p

e over her most sensitive spot, each deliberate motion sending sharp tre

gers through hers and drawing her trembling hand

again and again, the contact there maddeningly soft-almost tend

ed the expectations she

hm, replaced inch by inch with something far more dangerous-an uneasy blend of emb

body yielded, soften

se were peeled away by his long, graceful f

her, muddling her thoughts, dragging her d

g far more overwhelming. The instant he entered her, the reality struck all at

e had pictured how her

th the man she loved most, on a day filled with meaning, leavin

er, unfolded w

an who had betrayed her, she would end up here... in the backseat of a car, with some

ith emotions she couldn't sort through, slippin

ushed across her cheek, his fingertips

ch driving push reaching somewhere far beyond the surface

by a heady, spiraling sensation that coursed

ur, slipping through her grasp like fragments of a dream she couldn't quite hold onto

d open again, pale morning lig

reness lingering in her body, her gaze drifti

rything rushed back, each humiliating

hadn't been a

ushing weight-she had trul

squeezed her eyes shut, unable to untangle the stor

nd eat," a calm, familiar vo

snapped her

w, the impact hit jus

ht-Andrew now stood in relaxed, casual clothes

able, almost deceptively so, yet the cool detach

d the man she remembered

her thoughts frozen. Only when she shifted to sit up did

ve anything I co

t the doorframe, Andrew wat

n't keep women's clothes here. If you don't

t dying before it could form. How exactly wa

d happened the night before, clinging

hy," she said lightly, a small, de

blanket aside. Bare skin exposed, she stepped

away, his gaze shifting elsewhere

shirt at random and pulled it over herself

its sheer size, leaving her slightly d

ing area, only to find Andrew already seated, idly s

reakfast looked plain but

stiffness in the air, "I didn't see anyone el

is gaze, he answe

flashed him a small, teasing smile. "That's actually impressive. Men

corn, Andrew let

e of self-preservatio

ver Corinne as sh

lling to sleep with a stranger he'd just

hrough her as she roll

"Funny how fast you changed your attitude once it was over. You w

tures, the shameless ease of her w

ew set his tablet down with delibe

he said evenly. "We're headin

rly choked on her milk. Coughing hard, she wi

t did you