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think we ne

ing over my skin. My thighs squeezed together hard. A throb

vows, my promises-but th

st my balance. My heels scraped across the marble floor. The VIP door banged shut behind us, cutting off the

inst the cool wall. My hand

h it was what I needed. Heat spread under my skin, rushing right t

beg and a secret all mixed up together. I couldn't s

change. Then he laughed in the da

te

me on the bed. Black silk sheets felt cool on my bare skin. I tried t

ta

word and my ni

my chest. I should fight him at this point. Kick. Yell Leon's name until my voice

hem. It stretched my arms, and made my breasts lift up, and every breath came s

r. "I'm going to make you want me so bad

on their own, looking for something

oor o

before walked in. H

a

s skin, with tattoos the club lights hid be

r mouth. He didn't look at her. His eye

at me,

mate, possessive. Like he'd always know

't stop

demanding. He traced it across her cheek-once, twice. Then

ght about

p wanting

-

ked shut behi

nk to just us. My wrists burned against the silk tie

from the bed, his hardness

️-the most loving, devoted little symbol in the world. And

e nightstand. He glanced at my phone. Saw the name. A slow s

hone finally stopped. Then he stood, st

d my face up. His thumb pressed

ce low and rough, "w

t my ear. "Now, you're exa

torm-fast, brutal, and gone. This man? He was a

p. "I want to feel you." I paus

ed. Something

more l

bed. Two fingers slid in without warning-I moaned as he curled them, finding that perfect spot

setting. I screamed. The buzz shot through me

rd and fast. My

e climbed over me and pushed my thighs apart with

ed. "P

my center.

Take me.

s, inch by inch. So full. He

gainst the wall. I screamed. He grabbed the chain betw

ing to come,"

rove into me through it, harder and fas

k at

h one final thrust, he came, f

I lay there, his warmth leaking onto t

-

p, he was al

e," he said. "

ion in the mirror was a stranger: mascara smudged, bite marks blooming on

iver-a college kid-did a double-take whe

ight?" h

d out the window, very tired.

nd tiptoed through the lobby. The

d. I planted my face into the pillow, still tasting th

sekeeper, found m

voice sharp with alarm. "Ava, wak

dn't

circling my wrists, and the faint bruise b

f HK Group at noon-your husband's best friend, th