s
to fall asle
ar I
lishing mirrored walls since 5 a.m., it's ea
ible to the wealthy men I tidied up after. They never noticed
oke up, everyt
ent-clean, crisp cedar and something darker underneath,
sc
n't just
aring hi
that day, pale gray with the faintest stripe, thick enough to drown me in
y skin. Just for a second. Just to know what it felt like. Call me a
y eyes, savouri
tilled like prey w
e next thing I knew, the room was
ok comf
fcase left at the door, he stood at the edge of the
p quickly. Scrambling upright, my heart pou
y, Mr. Renner- I
oonlight cast a glow over his chiseled
move," h
his shirt coming loose on one shoulder. My
on. Not the woman who'd cleaned his penthouse every Tuesday for the past eleven months. Jus
y throat. He was close now. Towering. Tall, slender, keen. The kind
off," he
expanded.
blink. "T
y hands hoverin
g in his voice that di
er against my thighs, my stomach doing b
report me. I
locked w
ot firi
what are y
gish. Measured. "Ma
nked.
e. In my bed. You don't mo
trailed dow
asn't
ould'v
it wa
just someone, but Kade Ranner, the man I had always dreamt o
ooking ri
uldn't l
ve done anything but stay still, with my skin tingling under h
I did
sta
of me wanted to know w
ugh that I felt the heat of him. My breath froze in my throat as his fing
"The way you move. Always silent. Always c
art sk
t. Right now, you're very real.
talk. Coul
s head. "Why
e you," I replied, the words came out o
yes cl
," he
dragged it carefully off my shoulder, baring one strap
g I've been hoping t
ou... you have wanted
hursday. I wanted to see you. Even if i
"You didn't
rrupted. But, tonight
jumbled, straddling the line between want,
against my ear. "You have ten secon
the sheets, my hear
didn't
ause I c
I didn't
tbeat. Tw
the edge of his palm brushing heat into my skin. B
still hadn
w, thumb touching the
stay
" I mu
od g
whimper e
amazing, you know the kind of feeling whe
n't soft. It
as the kind of kiss that rewrote rule
y. Moaning into his mouth like
nds moved over me, strong and slow. My body throbb
care what
e what happen
ed it t
nted
len when he pulled back. His dark,
e words that mad
harsh voice. "You come bac
art po
ser. His mouth
my