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iet, deliberate. But it also may have been a t

ight, and that camera with its blinking eye...it never s

ont of me in an instant. "The boss wants to see you. Follow me." That was

own the hallway without a word. Passing polished floo

Valen. Shirtless, barefoot, and completely unbothered...lik

ag like it owed him something, each strike landed with brutal precisi

ady in his eyes. "Rest well in your luxury suite?" He spoke, gr

sides. He smiled, turning back to the punching bag and throwing ano

phase from last night," throwing another punch. "It's cute though

o slap him across the face. Fucking jerk. But then he turned a

sweat, the faint trace of cologne, something dark and masculine about it. "You

. Like the one we almost did last night." My stomach twisted, anger rising in my chest. I wanted to

d me. I was disgusted with myself. He pulled back just enough to

It's almost as if you like what you're seeing." My chest is rising an

outh keeps lying about it." That was it, I was done putting up with his fucking bullshit.

unce of rage and humiliation I had swallowed since last nig

eds of it scattered across the floor. The sound echoed l

of an eye, slamming a hand against the wall beside my head and

like the edge of a flame held just under my skin. "Don't you ever mistake my

A chill crept down my spine, sweat falling down my face. My lips parted slightly to say

e warmth of his skin threatening to melt whate

e coiling around me like a noose. "Next time, I'll let you clean th

o raw I could feel it just by staring at him. My knees weak

lose the little space between us so badly. To press me har

o

hed my fists behind me, my nails into my skin to ground myself from meltin

ng me like a predator teasing the line between torment and desire. M

his lips almost meeting mine but just inches apart. And y

," he murmured. Or you will suffer for it. There are no opti

words still burning on my skin. But before I could

building, even Kade himself. She was stunning, ridiculously so. Tall

apons, and the moment her eyes landed on me...it turned to poiso

nothing but a ghost. "A

help

did she just m