groan, wet and heavy, coming fr

the floor, her bare feet sinking into the plush carpet. She needed to

the lock she h

t out of t

nd iron-hard. It clamped aroun

at, she was yanked forward. The force was overwhelming. She stumbled, fly

was deep, rough like gravel, and l

diated heat that soaked through her thin dress. The scent of him fil

d, clawing at the hand

e wasn't kissing her. He was inhaling her, like a starving man trying to remember what food smel

ed. "I just... I hid

e rewriting his reality. His teeth grazed the sensitive

s a claim. A warning. Sharp

Eve sc

ar. She brought her knee up,

grip faltering for a

opening s

rom him. The violence of the push sent h

hip checking a decorative c

led toward the sliver of light under the door. Her

nd butterfly earring on the doorframe. She felt a sharp tug

silently onto t

idn't stop until she was in her own room,

ite, the light

nd. He took in the scene instantly. The overturned chair. Th

s. Sweat soaked his dress shirt, making the fabric cling to hi

s asked, ste

ough the rush of clarity that followed the pain. The wave of nausea was followed by a

floor. Something spark

teady enough to sign billion-dollar mer

post was stained with a t

ould still feel the phantom sensation of her skin under his hands, the t

The command was absolute. "