Taming Her Beast

Corporation, and Ava Monroe was already

ers were cold and unpleasant. Not even because she'd skipped breakfast, do

t was

er B

new

f thunder. Ruthless. Brilliant. Deadly. And so infuriatingly handsome that l

retched even his tailored suits to their limits. His jaw would slice glas

e wors

ike a man who was used to own

udin

ng to read a report that she'd already read twice. Her eyes lingered, d

unopened whiskey. The cuffs of his black dress shirt were rolled up, revealing tanned, v

on the cover of a billionaires' magazine. Or

shifting i

op staring. She

eeded

s Mo

t skippe

f guard to see Xavier standing feet away f

d he been w

ix her face into something resem

r face, to her lips, then to her neckline,

ten minu

d. "The elev

smoothly. "Excuses are money for people who

lips, but not

smile, but into something d

t thin

silent on the marble floors, leaving the scent of

he way her thighs came toge

ze of coffee runs, sorting paperwo

s closed, even behind the skin. Whenever he looked was like he strok

were fried

before she left. But when she moved too quickly, the stack fe

opped to her knees, racing heart

hen she

tst

Deli

find Xavier Black

er knees, her skirt riding precariously

didn'

kne

elp, but

legs, but instead of handing it over,

gasp

as slow. I

nd filled with fire. "You go down on your knees

dded. "I...I

He regarded her. "Or d

fr

em. Her skin was too tight.

traitened his cuffs.

word, he w

doorway, he glanced b

ce. Ten

ldn't ha

ing at her desk. That it was unprofessional. That this man

o'clock, she approached

the room in an intimidating fashion. He was standing behind his des

ng. He simply

the door creake

le

rns into your office lik

ot just a

n. "Is that suppos

rward, his gaze piercing.

s hands pressed flat besi

e I'm supposed to mentor," he growled, his voice a l

om his body. His breath swept across

o stop," h

rly didn't wo

ember thi

ched

issed

ge

ledgement of all the vile things he'd swallowed s

her flanks. She groaned, fingers closing arou

hips, rubbing her

racing upward, fingertips just brushing against the ri

froze. Her

wn within her, over the edge of

not e

two fingers brushing across the cont

mpered

d in her ear. "S

atherlight caresses, spreading her folds. His

jerked forward, but

" he whispered.

er head. "I

ispered. "Let

hed, as the pressure

less.

yes b

top h

flew open

, voice rough. "But you should know this, Ava. Next

justed his cuffs, a

ho

re she could gather herself, her pride, an

out in

her

ontinued t