ya's

e, my heart was beating so ha

t was alr

me time to think or

de the door, Mad

n the bed quickly. If I open this door a

ll

hroat dry and the lump

and pounds, and sat in the middle of the bed. The mat

ound my knees. The AC was

a few mi

o walk in here...

my heart thundered like it wante

other girls

really

se my virginity? To a stranger in a c

at life pla

t catch a single one. Fear bloomed in my chest like a

ed, and every muscl

and then I saw a man st

d him made his entire figure look like a shadow. B

like silver under moonlight. They were

eliberate steps inside, and I instinctivel

is features under the dim lights. My heart didn't

ragged through his hands more than once, grey eyes that almost glowed i

old, it felt like winter ha

hout a word, he began to unbutton his long black coat. He slid it

oked me straig

off," he said, his

y lips slightly pa

ated. "Turn around. I want you on your

breathed,

step forward, t

you hear

sto

ue. His entire body froze, his eyes locked

ted, his lips p

..He step

at

om his lips like it

lin

urrowed. M

... Br

asn't British. W

like his scalp was on fire. Then he started pacing back and forth and back aga

the

just won the lottery. Next, he looked li

der his breath, his hands curling int

s man a

f how very alone I was in this u

es snapped

p, rig

d at hi

n my hands and knees, like I was some.

, in his entire presence,

mine. I stood there, awkward and unsure,

was seeing more than just flesh. He looked... conflicted, like a million

, he stepped forward

th me ri

ment. He turned, dragging me toward the doo

opened the d

n, and something about the way h

back, and with a surprising amount of

pped it around me-tight, twisting it in such a way that

what ar

er his shoulder like I weighed nothing. Like I was som

u?!" I shouted, the blanket muf

eady walking o

over his shoulder, flaili

of nightma

er, the blanket cocooning my arms and body s

tride he took. My mouth hung open slightly, not becaus

even supp

llway, every chandelier, and velvet curtain we p

nt we entered the lounge and Madam Felicia s

rink she was nursing. Her heavy lashes fluttered as s

the devil who owned my soul.

ting her glass down and risin

id no

rvously, her hands smoot

d higher. "We can get you another girl. Someone

, voice calm but sha

art p

blinked.

e lower now. "I want this o