Julian's arm draped around her waist. For a moment, she forgot where she was until she felt the heat of the man beside her. He

y how she had spent her night with the drugged deranged man. She made her way to the b

d her phone from her purse...

o the heavy doors. She pulled.

and It won't open until the city clears the C

now. His blue eyes were piercing, clear, and currently fixed on her with a frightening level of focus. He

ng to be trapped in here with a

l mask. "Glad to see you've returned, and the dr

long, weary sigh escaping him. "It h

g toward the mini-bar to fix a shot of espresso. "You were quite... thorough. Bu

g between them. "The first thirty minutes cost you ten thousand

n a lockdown with a billionaire during a city-w

s a woman who works for free." She took a sip of the coffee. "So, do we sign a new contrac

walking toward her with his usual powerful stride tha

reached out, his thumb grazing the hollow of her thro

account the moment the jammers are down. Conside

like a sinner. But make it a One hundred and fifty thousand." With a blank face. "Fine. Deal." he said. Jul

One of the victim has been identifie

nd tightened on the remote without a word

"Marcus Thorne," Thalia whispered.

ok like you jus

a dangerous low. "One I've been trying to bury for f

the police find out you were drugged, they'll think it was a cover," Thalia

d doesn't need to know why I'm missing, or who I'm with," he said, cl

I'm in a medical retreat. For the next f

catching the tie of his robe she was wearing. "Which

lian?" she teased, though her breath was catchin

et his intense gaze. "This? This is just me." he leaned in, his

didn't rush this time. He picked her up gently. her coffee cup

laced her palms against his chest, feeli

robe slipped off her shoulders, pooling at her waist. "You're paying for the pre

himself to let her take the lead. He watched her, his eyes dark wit

lowly before sliding lower, circling and playing

ntino. But let's see how well you can

sed him, hovering at the tip, and rubbing it off on her already dripp

hands finally snapping out to grip her

"Patience, Julian," she whispered, leaning down to brush

began to move, taking all of him, a j

Fuck." H

ars building, finally snapped for good. He flipped he

ing against her skin as he began to drive in

no CEO."

no Saint."

only this.

th a raw force that knocked the breath from her lungs. She

him deeper, her nails digging into the muscles of his ba

is large hands starts sliding down her body till

t. "Look at me, Tee," he rasped. "I want to see you when you let it all

in and out of her dripping it roughly, like an

h his mouth, sucking and driving his tongue in and out of h

sion b

ng as he felt her internal muscles begin

ulder as her body buckled, a wave of release crashin

tched her deep breathing and the risin

turning red. He stared at the creamy hole and c

, rolling her eyes backward as her fi

c... fuckin