ouder than anythi

the floor-to-ceiling windows behind me, painting our shadows against the wall. We hadn't said a word since dinner. Not really. Just glances. Breaths. Heat cr

e it

id. And my body responded befor

my skin, but it was his eyes that set me on fire. I stood there, naked in

e he knew the effect his presence

he said, walking behind me. His

, surprised by the

ot ton

, his lips pressing against t

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es tre

earning me with intention. When he turned me around to face him,

k at

di

t of his gaze. He wasn't looking at Eun-mi, the woman the world bowed to. He was seeing the

is lap. The gesture stunned me. But my body didn't fig

ed against my ear.

this," I

nd tender, and then gave it a sharp, measured sla

you tease me a

retending you d

time. "For hiding b

e mix of pleasure and s

flushed, dizzy, pulsing in places that had forgotten what it meant to be alive. My thighs

agging his mouth across my jaw. "Not

ispered. "O

id me down slowly, as if he didn't want to break the spell. And then he climbed over me,

red it all. My hunger. My hurt. My need to be claimed in a way tha

ed to own me from the inside out. His thrusts were deep, paced, comma

name like it was sacred. "You

. And when I came, I wasn't quiet. I cried out, raw and r

so tightly I felt like we co

athing. Sweating. Shaking. And somehow, in that s

this," I whispered into the space

sed my

ted this-wanted you-l

moment, I

t as someone who always needed to be i