ng on the carpet. Chloe started to rise, but Ada shot

throng of bodies toward the back of the club. The pressure on her wrist was excruciating,

her inside, letting it slam shut behind them. With a final, angry shove, he threw her against

e was inches from hers, his eyes blazing with a mixture of possessiveness and fury. "Ada Ko

ightening. "That dress is dangerously short. Is this how desper

ovocative smile. "It seems to be working, doesn't i

atching on his trouser leg. She let her foot trace the line of his calf, her

voice dropping an octave as he felt t

s curving into a mocking red arc. "My legs

ous wife was gone. In her place was an enchantress, clear-eyed and fearless. "You've become

n physically... indisposed... for so long, I'm simply taking care of them elsewhere. We r

ision. His face contorted, a flash of u

you used to touch my sister," she ad

first time, he saw her pain as something real, not a game. But his pride was a fortress. He leaned in closer,

ced by a look of profound, pitiful amusement. She raised her

er all, I have no interest in what a man who can't even satisfy his own wife does w