the luxurious bathroom of my billionaire boss's penthouse-legs trembling, hands gripp
in silk sheets and secrets with Kendrick Hale-the man old
this was funny. No
ived with and worked for Kendrick Hale, the billionaire tycoon wh
hoping to save my mother's life and start a future for us a
tary by day. And something
o moan through shame. To love and hate the man w
-
. There never was. Kendrick didn't need l
of a man who had everything and everyone at his feet. He moved toward me without spea
blurry mess in the gilded mirror. My silk dress was hiked above my hips, my panties already
ne," he murmured, voice low
scheduled," I replied, f
rough palms against soft sk
into me, slowly, deliberately, like he had all the time in the world. My fi
y thrust. Each movement felt like a reminder: You be
im. Hated that the heat between my
raisers, not even my own damn father-was that Kendrick Hale had broken me down and rebuilt me int
breath hot. "Clean yourself up. And come
for an answer
-
linging to flushed skin. Kendrick was across the room now, laughing with someone impor
as just
lashes, my body still humming from his touch. The wei
always l
o dealt in debts like poker chips-I thought I would escape eventually. I imagined I'd finish school,
ick never
wai
ched m
birthday, he told me I
n velvet. No apologies. No love. Just possession. And when I woke up th
-
asn't Kendrick. It was Jonah, one of the younger execu
eyes scanning my fac
iced smile. "Of co
ays look tired. And tense. I mean, if
ls in my mind going off in sync
lk to people li
dri
amp. Jonah turned pale, muttered an
tand that close to you again,
snapped, regretting it the se
dangerous. "
-
y lights blurred past the windows. Kendrick l
d me tonight,"
t ahead. "I didn
miled
s bein
nd sharp. "You don't need ki
t he was already dialing his dri
omach
nt no staff. No ca