ya's

e, my heart was beating so ha

t was alr

me time to think or

de the door, Mad

n the bed quickly. If I open this door a

ll

hroat dry and the lump

and pounds, and sat in the middle of the bed. The mat

ound my knees. The AC was

a few mi

o walk in here...

my heart thundered like it wanted

other girls

really

se my virginity? To a stranger in a c

at life pla

t catch a single one. Fear bloomed in my chest like a

cked, every muscl

and then I saw a man s

d him made his entire figure look like a shadow. B

like silver under moonlight. They were

deliberate steps inside and I instinctive

is features under the dim lights. My heart didn't

ged through his hands more than once, grey eyes that almost glowed

old, it felt like winter ha

hout a word, he began to unbutton his long black coat. He slid it

oked me straig

off," he said, his

y lips slightly pa

ated. "Turn around. I want you on your

breathed,

step forward, the

you hear

sto

ue. His entire body froze, his eyes locked

ted, his lips p

..He step

at

om his lips like it

lin

urrowed. M

... Br

wasn't British-

ike his scalp was on fire. Then he started pacing back and forth and back again

the

ust won the lottery. The next, he looked l

der his breath, his hands curling int

s man a

f how very alone I was in this u

es snapped

p, rig

d at hi

n my hands and knees, like I was some.

, in his entire presence,

mine. I stood there, awkward and unsure,

was seeing more than just flesh. He looked... conflicted, like a million

, he stepped forward

th me ri

ment. He turned, dragging me toward the doo

opened the d

n, and something about the way h

back, and with a surprising amount of

pped it around me-tight, twisting it in such a way that

what ar

er his shoulder like I weighed nothing. Like I was som

u?!" I shouted, the blanket muf

eady walking o

over his shoulder, flaili

of nightma

er, the blanket cocooning my arms and body s

tride he took. My mouth hung open slightly, not becaus

even supp

llway, every chandelier and velvet curtain we pa

nt we entered the lounge and Madam Felicia s

rink she was nursing. Her heavy lashes fluttered as s

the devil who owned my soul.

ting her glass down and risin

id no

rvously, her hands smoot

d higher. "We can get you another girl. Someone

, voice calm but sha

art p

blinked.

e lower now. "I want this o