of the sho

hung low on his hips. Drops of water slid down

m door and grabbed the

together. His eyes tu

ut a black electronic master key card. He pressed it against the loc

was suffocatingly hot and

d. She was panting heavily, her fingers tear

n was bunched up around her waist. Her pale ski

t he was looking at.

over the bed and grabbed both of her wrists, pinning h

of relief through her burning body. She let out a soft, desperate sigh and

t his wet chest. Her boiling

atch hitting gasoline. Axel's jaw loc

rough and commanding. He trie

't focus. All she saw was the sharp jawline and the disti

Coleman leaving her at the hospital flooded her mind. A

m his grip. She threw her arms around his neck. She

t and tasted heav

t rigid. His brain com

ng to him like a drowning woman. Her fingernails dug deep into

om her eye. It dropped onto Axe

mbled against his mouth, her v

n control. His hands stopped pushing.

He kissed her back. He crushed his mouth against hers, stealing the a

duvet was kicked off, landing in a heap on the

ressing hot, open-mouthed kisses against the sensitive skin of her n

ipped the metal zipper. The sound of the zippe

elia let out a sharp, painful whimper. Her body curled

xel like a buck

his eyes in a fraction of a second, re

p by the bed, his chest heaving as he gasp

s bed. Her dress was half-o

cursed unde

and threw it over her, wrapping her tigh

ed the shower handle to the coldest setting. He stood under the

ly dressed in a fresh dress shirt and slacks

leep. The tear tracks on her cheeks were

a strand of hair away from her fac

d a cigar from a humidor and lit it. The red cherry of the cigar g

e and typed a message

He did not close his eyes once. He wa