hould stay away

air had made

night and saw the door left slightly ajar, s

hesi

for the night, and Damien was nowhere to be seen. Proba

lse qu

be her on

she pushed the door op

ng darker, something intoxicating. Floor-to-ceiling windo

d forbidden her

g over the smooth mahogany surface. Everything wa

art po

was

a simple one. Damien wasn't the kind of man who made

eeded to

ched into her p

lost, lit

a fr

the doorway-low, d

she slowly straighten

es rolled up. His hair was slightly disheveled like he had just run hi

nreadable

osing the door behind

breath

h

deliberate, until there was only

e flicking to the drawer she had been inspecting.

elf to stay cal

ce dropped lower, si

so hard she could

was

't about to

ng him an innocent look.

retched be

h

n chu

was no h

around her wrist, yanking her forwar

eath h

it was unrelenting. A reminde

he murmured, his thumb b

ch, but she ignored it, glar

epened. "And

tween them

could smell him-clean, mascul

ing to his touch, to the she

e kne

step back. Instead, he leaned in,

. "You keep tempting me like this, and

ran thr

e pulled back, his eyes dar

nger, then turned away, walk

dismissing her lik

idn't h

l and fled the offi

n h

istake tonight.

first time sin

if she was the h