ias Vos

e following afternoon. I sat at my desk, Nova Kane's file open in front of me, th

fessi

y to avoid moments like this. Patients were not puzzles to be solved for personal satisfaction. Th

ng, eyes daring me to react. The calculated vulnerability mixed with raw hunger. She wasn't

. But Nova was different. Beneath the arrogance and the deliberate provocation, there was real pain. The kind that came from a lifetime of emotion

r, Dr. Raymond Cross, checking on the Kane case.

oath I had taken. The one I ha

his time. No dramatic lateness. Per

ing my tie, and

at hadn't been fully satisfied by our first encounter. She wore a different dress-deep emerald, equally form-fit

ing her legs slowly, her eyes loc

d softly, almost

"Let's pick up where we left off yesterday, Nova. You men

ting her fingers trail lightly along the edge of the couc

plore many things w

Kane

trying

ching me with professional distance. But I could see the cracks. The way his jaw tightened just slightly when I smiled. The subtle shift in his br

er felt... directed. Focused. Not the hollow, frantic need I drowned in with strang

ties again. The cool air kissed my bare skin, a secret reminder of how wet I already was just

my voice low and teasing. "How noble of you

Not enough to be obscene. Just enough to make him aware of the space between

o

kdown embarrassed him. Not because he cares if I'm falling apart. My mother?" I laughed softly, a hollow sound. "She's elegance personified. Perfect wife on the outside. She's

o my cleavage deepened. My nipples were hard agai

friend. But inside?" I bit my lip, holding his gaze. "I'm empty, Doctor Voss. So fucking empty that I let four men use me the nigh

ng in his jaw again. The way his fingers pressed a littl

intox

ng one hand rest casually on my thigh, fingers tracing small circles on my own skin. "I thought about you. About what it would feel like if the great, controlle

lectric. Thick. I could a

the body, the money, and they fold. But you... you're trying so hard to stay in control. It makes me want to ruin you more. Or maybe..." I paused, le

that professional barrier. Close enough that he could smell me. Close enough that

fell forward. "Does it scare you? How much I want you to

w it-the brief war in his eyes. The wa

en as my heart raced with someth

t just a g

ming addic

me, the thought of i

ning of something that